Discover how Maria da Piedade Carvalho da Silva, an English teacher in Portugal, makes citizenship topics meaningful in language lessons.
Europe Day, celebrated annually on 9 May, is an opportunity for schools and teachers to reflect with their pupils on what it means to be part of an integrated Europe.
Nicole Wieringa, a trainer in EU education programmes, explains how EU projects and values like equality and freedom help pupils and teachers feel part of Europe and become active citizens.
Schools across Europe are implementing innovative projects to help teachers and pupils learn in better and more engaging ways.
Anastasia Ciavattella, a language teacher at a secondary school in Italy, shares ideas about how to engage pupils with citizenship through volunteering and project work.
Schools across Europe are showing through their projects that citizenship education can be creative, playful and deeply personal.
Strengthening active citizenship and social engagement among children and young people permeates the entire Finnish school system, not only social studies.
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