Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?

Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?

Norwegian civic education traces its origin almost 200 years back in time. Until World War II, its main focus was on constitutional matters and on the formal structure of governmental institutions. After 1945, and in particular after the 1970s, conceptions of civic education change. Among others, cr...

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Main Author: Kjetil Børhaug
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2010-07-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
Subjects:
Political education
civic education
Norway
citizenship
political participation
Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/2010/2010-1/pdf/Boerhaug-JSSE-1-2010.pdf
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spelling doaj-7d0228d33e7e4c6bb2379137921aada02020-11-24T21:21:06ZdeuBielefeld UniversityJournal of Social Science Education1611-96651618-52932010-07-01916677Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?Kjetil BørhaugNorwegian civic education traces its origin almost 200 years back in time. Until World War II, its main focus was on constitutional matters and on the formal structure of governmental institutions. After 1945, and in particular after the 1970s, conceptions of civic education change. Among others, critical perspectives, political participation and democratic ideals became major issues. Have these ideas been able to influence teaching practices?L’éducation civique norvégienne s’est développée depuis presque 200 ans. Jusqu’à la seconde guerre mondiale, le contenu principal portait sur la constitution et la structure formelle des institutions politiques de l’état. Après la guerre, et surtout après 1970, jaillirent de nouvelles idées plus radicales sur l’éducation civique changeant le cadre de l’enseignement. Ces idées amenèrent une reformulation des objectifs fondamentaux basés sur des perspectives critiques, une participation politique plus importante et les idéaux démocratiques. Mais ces idées, ont-elles influencé l’enseignement de cette matière dans les écoles norvégiennes?http://www.jsse.org/2010/2010-1/pdf/Boerhaug-JSSE-1-2010.pdfPolitical educationcivic educationNorwaycitizenshippolitical participation
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Journal of Social Science Education
Political education
civic education
Norway
citizenship
political participation
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title Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?
title_short Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?
title_full Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?
title_fullStr Country Report: Norwegian Civic Education – Beyond Formalism?
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title_sort country report: norwegian civic education – beyond formalism?
publisher Bielefeld University
series Journal of Social Science Education
issn 1611-9665
1618-5293
publishDate 2010-07-01
description Norwegian civic education traces its origin almost 200 years back in time. Until World War II, its main focus was on constitutional matters and on the formal structure of governmental institutions. After 1945, and in particular after the 1970s, conceptions of civic education change. Among others, critical perspectives, political participation and democratic ideals became major issues. Have these ideas been able to influence teaching practices?L’éducation civique norvégienne s’est développée depuis presque 200 ans. Jusqu’à la seconde guerre mondiale, le contenu principal portait sur la constitution et la structure formelle des institutions politiques de l’état. Après la guerre, et surtout après 1970, jaillirent de nouvelles idées plus radicales sur l’éducation civique changeant le cadre de l’enseignement. Ces idées amenèrent une reformulation des objectifs fondamentaux basés sur des perspectives critiques, une participation politique plus importante et les idéaux démocratiques. Mais ces idées, ont-elles influencé l’enseignement de cette matière dans les écoles norvégiennes?
topic Political education
civic education
Norway
citizenship
political participation
url http://www.jsse.org/2010/2010-1/pdf/Boerhaug-JSSE-1-2010.pdf
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