A Vehicle for Post-National Transformation or an Instrument for Interstate Cooperation? European Integration in Slovakia's Secondary Education Textbooks.

Autor/in	Sulíková, Jana
Titel	A Vehicle for Post-National Transformation or an Instrument for Interstate Cooperation? European Integration in Slovakia's Secondary Education Textbooks.
Quelle	In: Journal of social science education, 17 (2018) 2, S. 41-56Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1439-6246; 1618-5293
DOI	10.4119/jsse-874
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Inhaltsanalyse; Schulbuch; Geografieunterricht; Geschichtsunterricht; Europäische Integration; Politische Bildung; Sozialwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Slowakei
Abstract	In light of the public resistance towards the deepening of European integration (EI) and the role that education is anticipated to have in supporting the process, this paper examines the conceptualisation of EI in lower secondary textbooks for History, Geography and Civics. Specifically, the paper asks whether EI is conceived of as a vehicle for the post-national transformation of Europe or as an instrument for interstate cooperation. Drawing on the insights of EI theories and content analysis, the paper adopts a qualitative approach. Applying this approach, the textbooks currently used in Slovakia's lower secondary schools are analysed as a case study. The findings are inconclusive with regard to the research question. Indeed, while the sources are positive about EI, the findings suggest some problematic aspects in terms of how the textbooks analysed conceive the nature of the integration process. The approach taken in this paper could be replicated on a larger scale in other countries. Curricula and textbook designers ought to consider how to include a critical discussion on the deepening of EI in secondary education (Original übernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2020/3