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Citizenship Education and pupil voices in the world |
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The UK tends to lag behind when it comes to offering young people a voice.
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study examining pupil democracy in Britain, Denmark, Germany, the
Netherlands and Sweden, the UK was unique in not having pupils on governing
bodies. It is also unique in not having permanent regional or national
structures whereby pupils can be consulted on educational policy. (Davies
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In many countries, there are many possibilities through national guidelines such as civics, global, environmental, peace and human rights education for pupil participation. And in terms of curriculum development and teacher training the UK has a lot to learn from other's theory and practice. In some countries citizenship education is happening in far wider arenas then just the formal classroom. |
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| More information | ||
More information on citizenship education and
pupil democracy can be found on The British Council website: http://www.britishcouncil.org/governance/ References
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