Making citizens, being European? European symbolism in Slovenian citizenship education textbooks

Bibliographic Data

ID11919191
AuthorsMarinko Banjac (0000-0002-7808-9186, ,, corresponding author), Tomaž Pušnik (0000-0002-9110-3763, ,)
Year2014
Volume45
Issue5
Pages748-771
Publication date2014-06-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCompare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057925.2014.916972
OpenAlexW2018579235
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited63

Citizenship education has been an important part of the European Union’s (EU) agenda to integrate a European dimension into schools’ curricula. The usage of European symbolism in citizenship education curriculum material has been an especially important (yet understudied) means not only to promote a distinct European identity and increase knowledge on EU-related topics, but also to regulate (young) EU citizens and population. The paper analyses the content related to the EU and European dimension in citizenship education textbooks and workbooks at the lower-secondary school level in Slovenia. It demonstrates that, through diverse symbolic displays, which are understood as a specific governmental technique, the idea of a European community as a site of opportunities is promoted while students are stimulated to understand themselves as subjects who must be active and responsible EU citizens. Moreover, European symbolism is employed to nurture and promote Slovenian identity as being purely European and, as such, distinct from earlier Balkan-situated, Yugoslav and socialist forms of identity and belonging

Active citizenship · Aesthetics · Art · Citizenship · Citizenship education · Curriculum · Dimension (graph theory · European integration · European population · European studies · European union · Identity (music · International trade · Nature versus nurture · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Situated · Sociology · Anthropology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law

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