Abstract
Every child in The Netherlands is entitled to a form of decent citizenship education. At the moment, citizenship education is not given in a goal oriented and coherent way at schools in The Netherlands. Especially since education can be seen as the place in particular where students can learn how to fully participate in a democratic society in coherence with their own personal identity. This article will argue that good citizenship education requires a maximum interpretation of citizenship education and that worldview education needs to be taken as the starting point for this complete form of citizenship education. Good education has three functions: qualification, socialization, and subjectification. Citizenship education consists out of three concepts: democracy, participation and identity. These functions and domains of citizenship education overlap with worldview education. Precisely from a personal worldview a person can determine how he or she wants to participate in the democratic society. Worldview education is therefore an essential part of citizenship education.
Original language | Dutch |
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Pages (from-to) | 210-221 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Religie en Samenleving |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- Levensbeschouwing
- Burgerschapsvorming
- Onderwijs