The place of citizenship education in the portuguese educational system: perspectives of teachers from a TEIP school

Authors

  • Carlinda Leite Universidade di Porto
  • Preciosa Fernandes
  • Sofia Marques da Silva Uporto

Keywords:

education, citizenship, school curriculum

Abstract

Citizenship education, meaning the active exercise of citizenship, is a recommendation which aim at influencing educational policies andwith some impact in school curriculum. In this article, the concept of citizenship underlying our argument is that citizenship means a lived and responsible experience. Therefore, our objective is to clarify this concept, also by analyzing and discussing the relevance and the place that citizenship education hasplayed in educational policies in Portugal. This article will take into consideration a school project towards citizenship education, which aimed to create opportunities for pupils to learn and experience citizenship. Our major focus will be, empirically, on teachers’ discourses and perceptions about the results of this project. In this experience, as in other dimensions, we could realize that actions which are specifically oriented to a citizenship education cannot be limited by disciplines or school borders. On the contrary, these actions are cross boarders and broaden to different life contexts.

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Author Biographies

Carlinda Leite, Universidade di Porto

Doutora em Ciências da Educação pela Universidade de Porto (Porto, Portugal) e Professora Catedrática na Faculdade de Pscicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Porto (Porto, Portugal).

Preciosa Fernandes

Doutora em Ciências da Educação pela Universidade de Porto (Porto, Portugal) e Professora Auxiliar na Faculdade de Pscicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Porto (Porto, Portugal).

Sofia Marques da Silva, Uporto

Doutora em Ciências da Educação pela Universidade de Porto (Porto, Portugal) e Professora Auxiliar na Faculdade de Pscicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Porto (Porto, Portugal).

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Published

2013-02-15

How to Cite

Leite, C., Fernandes, P., & da Silva, S. M. (2013). The place of citizenship education in the portuguese educational system: perspectives of teachers from a TEIP school. Educação, 36(1). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/faced/article/view/12297

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2013): Dossier - Human Rights Education: different approaches and directions in negotiation

Section

Dossier - Human Rights Education: different approaches and directions in negotiation

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