Are we Europeans? Secondary education students’ beliefs and sense of belonging to the European Union

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ID12600805
AutoresLidia Esther Santana Vega (0000-0002-2543-6543, Universidad de La Laguna), Olga González-Morales (0000-0002-3754-2300, Universidad de La Laguna, autor correspondente), Luis Antonio Feliciano García (0000-0002-2909-4990, Universidad de La Laguna)
Ano2020
Volume24
Fascículo10
Páginas1358-1372
Data de publicação2020-11-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13676261.2020.1839634
OpenAlexW3097734736
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas28

Analyzing the sense of belonging to the European Union (EU) is a priority for public administrations. This research examines: (a) the sense of belonging to the EU of compulsory secondary education students in Spanish public centres; (b) their beliefs about the effects of belonging to the EU; (c) the weight of these beliefs in predicting the sense of belonging to the EU. The study involved 777 Spanish students of compulsory secondary education in public centres. A Likert scale was designed and a factorial and multiple regression analysis was applied. The results show that: (a) more than 85% of the students consider themselves European citizens and are proud to live in the EU; (b) one third believe that the EU does not improve the living conditions of its citizens, does not offer a better future, increases political instability and does not contribute to socio-economic development; (c) the age of the students and the beliefs about the civic, political and economic effects have a significant weight in the prediction of the sense of belonging to the EU. The need for a European orientation curriculum is discussed to promote reflection on the meaning of EU integration and European citizenship among young people

Citizenship · Compulsory education · Curriculum · Developmental psychology · Economics · European union · Likert scale · Meaning (existential · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Psychology

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