“This is how you do it in Germany, but we do it our way.” Different Notions of Citizenship Education in the Russian-German Exchange of Young Professionals

dc.creator	Štepánka Busuleanu
dc.creator	Oxana Ivanova-Chessex
dc.date	2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:33Z
dc.identifier	1611-9665
dc.identifier	1618-5293
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9b96e7591152453ab5ab6a47a3a99553
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27004
dc.description	"Citizenship education is a widespread concept of lifelong learning important for democratic participation. The research shows a great variety in approaches to citizenship education depending on socio-political contexts (Bîrzéa 2004, 17; Kerr, Nelson 2005, 10). This study is based on participative evaluation (Bergold 2007; Cousins, Earl 1992) accompanying the German-Russian training and exchange program regarding non-formal citizenship education. Through content analysis of interviews and artifacts we explore views of citizenship education and strategiesthat the actors use to deal with the various assumptions in this field of education. In Germany democracy, participation and critical thinking are emphasized, in contrast to Russia, where, depending on the organizational structure, the patriotic upbringing is exercised. Four ways of dealing with the conflicting assumptions and practices are identified in the issue-focused exchange of young professionals. They are the individual construction of the German and Russian ways of citizenship education, enrichment of individual understanding, reduction of the perceived differences and conformity with ones environment juggling with declared and practiced notions.Citizenship education ist ein verbreitetes Konzept des lebenslangen Lernens mit dem Ziel, demokratisch orientierte Partizipation zu fördern. Laut Forschung variieren die Ansätze von citizenship education in Abhängigkeit vom soziopolitischen Kontext (Bîrzéa 2004: 17; Kerr/ Nelson 2005: 10). Die vorliegende Untersuchung basiert auf einer partizipativen Evaluation (Bergold 2007; Cousins/ Earl 1992), die im deutsch-russischen Fachkräfteaustausch zum Thema citizenship education durchgeführt wurde. Durch die qualitative Inhaltsanalyse von Interviews und Artefakten werden die Auffassungen der Akteure von citizenship education untersucht und ihre Strategien im Umgang mit differierenden Annahmen rekonstruiert. Die Befunde zeigen: Die deutsche Befragtengruppe betont Demokratie, Partizipation und kritisches Denken, während in vielen russischen Organisationen (abhängig von strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen) eine patriotische Erziehung praktiziert wird. Vier Wege im Umgang mit widersprüchlichen Auffassungen und Praktiken werden im Rahmen der untersuchten themenorientierten Austauschmaßnahme eruiert. Diese sind die Konstruktion eines deutschen und russischen Ansatzes von citizenship education, die Entwicklung eines individuellen Verständnisses, die Reduktion der wahrgenommenen Differenzen sowie die Anpassung an das Umfeld, bei der deklarierte und handlungsrelevante Annahmen einander widersprechen können.
dc.language	English
dc.language	German
dc.publisher	Bielefeld University
dc.relation	http://www.jsse.org/2011/2011-2/pdf/04-Ivanova-Busuleanu.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1611-9665
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1618-5293
dc.source	Journal of Social Science Education, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 39-47 (2011)
dc.subject	Non-formal education
dc.subject	citizenship education
dc.subject	Russia
dc.subject	Germany
dc.subject	international exchange of professionals/Non-formale Bildung
dc.subject	citizenship education
dc.subject	politische Bildung
dc.subject	Russland
dc.subject	Deutschland
dc.subject	themenorientierter Fachkräfteaustausch
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
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dc.subject	Social sciences (General)
dc.subject	H1-99
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dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
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dc.subject	Special aspects of education
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dc.subject	Special aspects of education
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dc.subject	Social sciences (General)
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dc.title	“This is how you do it in Germany, but we do it our way.” Different Notions of Citizenship Education in the Russian-German Exchange of Young Professionals
dc.type	article