dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Tilea, Monica |
dc.contributor.author |
Ólafsdóttir, Sigríður |
dc.contributor.author |
Duță, Oana-Adriana |
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-09-09T15:10:05Z |
dc.date.available |
2020-09-09T15:10:05Z |
dc.date.issued |
2020 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Tilea, M., Duță, O & Ólafsdóttir, S. (2020). A Romanian and Icelandic student's profile from the perspective of education for democratic citizenship. Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 7(1), 129-143. |
dc.identifier.issn |
2393-1264 |
dc.identifier.issn |
2392-9863 |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2056 |
dc.description.abstract |
In a global context marked by the need to uphold democracy and human
rights, education for democratic citizenship (EDC) has increasingly emerged
as a prerequisite for shaping active and responsible citizens for the decades to
come. The importance of EDC is strongly acknowledged by the Romanian and
Icelandic educational systems and it is integrated in school syllabi at all levels
of education. However, despite the wide recognition and support for EDC,
challenges in its putting into practice are still persistent. Against this
background and capitalizing on complementary expertise, the University of
Craiova, alongside with Bifrost University and the University of Iceland, has
proposed a project that aims at moving beyond the traditional approach to
EDC by addressing the transversal competences that lead to it, in order to show how they can be developed in classes which are not specifically oriented
towards topics related to democratic citizenship.
The project A Comparative and Transferable Approach to Education for
Democratic Citizenship (ACTA), developed from September 2018 to April
2020 and financed by the Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway Grants, is
underpinned by a comparative approach of EDC in two countries that are
fundamentally different in terms of state of democracy and educational
policies. Moreover, it holds a transdisciplinary focus, reinforcing the EDC role
of all school teachers and integrating information and communication
technologies (ICT) in problem-based teaching/learning for EDC. The utmost
objective of the project is to design transferable educational resources for the
development and assessment of transversal competences related to education
for democratic citizenship (with a focus on future language teachers). Thus,
this project complements previous research endeavours undertaken at the
University of Craiova within international projects aiming at developing
transversal skills.
A prerequisite for the transferability of educational resources is their
adaptability to heterogeneous audiences and various national, identity and
educational contexts. Furthermore, in the context of student-centred
education, educational research is nowadays increasingly focused on how
teaching practice can be tuned to the needs and expectations of students.
Teaching outcomes should be effectively achieved only by duly taking into
account the students’ own motivations, aspirations and attitudes. Starting from
this premise, the project team has designed a questionnaire to compare and
analyse the standpoints of Romanian and Icelandic students in terms of
education for democratic citizenship (EDC) and the competences that lead to
it. The current research presents the answers provided by Romanian and
Icelandic language students when asked to list up to 3 strong points and up to
3 weak points of the educational system in their country |
dc.format.extent |
129-143 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
University of Craiova, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Science, Center for Scientific Research in Communication Sciences, Media and Public Opinion |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Social Sciences and Education Research Review;7(1) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Menntakerfi |
dc.subject |
Viðhorf |
dc.subject |
Rúmenía |
dc.subject |
Ísland |
dc.subject |
Nemendur |
dc.subject |
Educational system |
dc.subject |
Romanian learners |
dc.subject |
Icelandic learners |
dc.subject |
Comparative research |
dc.subject |
Samanburðarrannsóknir |
dc.subject |
Opinion polls |
dc.title |
A Romanian and Icelandic student's profile from the perspective of education for democratic citizenship |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
CC BY-NC-SA |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Social Sciences and Education Research Review |
dc.relation.url |
https://sserr.ro |
dc.contributor.school |
School of education (UI) |
dc.contributor.school |
Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) |