"The Cuts, They Trimmed the People"--School Children, Precarity and European Citizenship

Autor/in	Richardson, Mary
Titel	"The Cuts, They Trimmed the People"--School Children, Precarity and European Citizenship
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 15 (2016) 6, S.714-735 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.1177/1474904116665852
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Self Concept; Creativity; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Web Sites; Translation; Electronic Publishing; Alienation; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Art Products; Economic Factors; Political Attitudes; Public Policy; Identification (Psychology); Fear; Futures (of Society); Educational Objectives; Social Structure; Security (Psychology); Czech Republic; European Union; Finland; Ireland; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Selbstkonzept; Kreativität; Sekundarschüler; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Entfremdung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Künstlerische Produktion; Ökonomischer Faktor; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Furcht; Future; Society; Zukunft; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Sozialstruktur; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Tschechische Republik; Finnland; Irland; Spanien; Großbritannien
Abstract	Recently, the "Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency" (2012) have funded programmes designed to advance European citizenship and citizen competences through education. This paper reports on the findings from one project, Creative Connections, designed to encourage the "voices" of young people in exploring European identities. Children (aged 9-16) in 25 schools in six European Union (EU) countries (UK, Finland, Spain, Czech Republic, Portugal and Ireland) developed artworks that explored perceptions of European citizenship. Their art was posted on a secure website and they discussed images with peers using automatic online translated blogs. The project facilitated representations of identity/belonging using a range of media. However, some artworks suggested that children were alienated from "Europe", particularly EU responses to global austerity. This paper uses the theory of "precarity" to examine the ways in which the children expressed their concerns. Some artworks suggest that recent economic and political decisions have had the effect of challenging a sense of shared European citizenship; they resist a positive sense of identification with Europe and demonstrate fear for their future based on their current lives. This indicates that the EU's educational goals to promote citizenship competences may require revision to account for the challenges of contemporary societies. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01