‘They are like us’ – teaching about Europe through the eyes of children

Schmeinck, Daniela

doi:10.1080/03004279.2013.819623

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“…Borders and their deconstruction can be used as an example of how students could learn about the social construction of space, identity politics and human territoriality. Schmeinck (2013) found that intercultural group-and peer-learning is effective in building knowledge and understanding of Europe. The aim of this research is to present differing experiences of borders and thereby offer evidence for conceptual changes in geography education, which could lead to new perspectives and approaches for a complex understanding of borders in their varying spatial significances.…”

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“A border is a Ban” - Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Experiences of Europe’s Borders and Boundaries

Seidel¹,

Budke²

2019

Review of International Geographical Education Online

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In this paper, we examine the conceptual understanding and experiences that students in German secondary schools have of boundaries. For our research we conducted qualitative interviews and surveys (interviews n=20; surveys n=21) with children (aged 14-17) born both in Germany and with refugee backgrounds. We asked for the children's conceptual understanding of the emergence and function of boundaries and their personal encounters with them. We studied the results of these interviews using qualitative content analysis to learn more about the conceptual understanding and experiences of students. Our findings on the emergence of borders show that students have limited understanding of boundaries and differing spatial concepts that exist for them. We also observed interesting distinctions between personal experiences of borders. The results may provide a base for further research and development in terms of conceptual-change-based methods for geography education on the topics of territories, borders and boundaries.

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“A border is a Ban” - Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Experiences of Europe’s Borders and Boundaries

Seidel¹,

Budke²

2019

Review of International Geographical Education Online

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“…In the context of specific school subjects, we expect geography textbooks to include the concept of EDE because we believe that historyandgeographytextbooksattempttoexplainour roots,howandwhywehappentobelivinginacertainplace,andhow thatplacecanbedescribedandcharacterised-inotherwords,who wereallyare (Pingel, 2010, 7). Additionally, geography is perceived in the literature (Savvides, 2008;Resnik Planinc, 2012;Schmeinck, 2013;Banjac and Pušnik, 2014) and the reports of European institutions as one of those school subjects within which EDE can be best promoted.…”

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The European dimension in education in geography textbooks for Croatian primary schools

Korotaj

Ledić

Miočić

2020

Metod. ogl. (Online)

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Croatia’s accession to the EU brought changes in educational policies by introducing the concept of the European Dimension in Education (EDE). EDE has successfully found its way into the new Croatian national curriculum, however, there has been no comprehensive analysis of whether it has been introduced into teaching materials (textbooks). Therefore, the aim of this paper is to determine if the European Dimension in Education is present in geography textbooks for primary schools, as well as to explore how it is represented in them. The results of research show that the idea of the European Dimension in Education is most commonly present in terms of factual knowledge about Europe, which does not motivate teachers and pupils to actively and critically discuss issues related to Europe and the European Union.

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2019

International Perspectives on Geographical Education

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‘They are like us’ – teaching about Europe through the eyes of children

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

“A border is a Ban” - Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Experiences of Europe’s Borders and Boundaries

“A border is a Ban” - Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Experiences of Europe’s Borders and Boundaries

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