Citizenship education and secondary schools in Europe

This book presents the European research conducted in five countries on the subject of education to citizenship in secondary schools. Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Romania were chosen according to geographic, historic-political, economic and cultural criteria. The results show a steady growth in awareness of the importance of relations between teachers and students, as a requirement for building a democratic society, in which each person can fully exercise ones rights of active citizenship, by adopting dialogue, clear communication and educational comprehension. The analysis and the questionnaires should be especially useful to researchers of pedagogy and professionals of education in their commitment of creating a positive social interaction in school environment.