Multicultural Education
for European Citizenship
2006 – 2009
www.fem.uniag.sk/meec
Danka Morav_íková
Estonia, Tallinn, September 2007
Contact seminar in Tallinn
June 2006
Why?
(Our) presumptions and questions
EU=Europe of regions – with different cultures,
religions, languages, social behaviour,
relationships and practices, different values,
opinions and points of view etc.
Is Europe only an economic confederacy or is it
something more (society knitted by common
cultural heritage, values and identity of its
inhabitants) ?
The cultural differences influence also
bussiness culture, consumer behaviour and
managerial practices in the country.
Why?
(Our) presumptions and questions
What does it mean (especially for young people)
to be an European ?
The newest approach to the citizenship term
enforces the idea of a duty. We are not born as
citizens - we become citizens during our life.
How to learn it and what are we able to do?
Citizenship is not determined only by legal acts
but also by individual abilities to mobilize
personal sources and possibilities.
How to initiate them ?
The aims of the project are:
• to bring together experiences about European
•
•
citizenship from the perspective of different
European areas
to increase awareness of the benefits and
consequences of the European integration in the
target groups
promote the understanding and tolerance among
European nations through the teaching and
learning of languages, cultures, history,
traditions, customer behaviour and interpersonal
communication
Project Promoter
FEM SAU - Faculty of Economics and
Management, Slovak Agricultural
University, Nitra (SK)
Project Partners
– FH Joanneum GmBH, Graz (AT)
– Szent István University, Gödöllö (HU)
– University of Oviedo (ES)
– South Bohemian University, _eské Bud_jovice
(CZ)
Target groups
• Young adults (18 – 26)
• Local communities (middle age and all
age groups)
• Adult learners
Main activities (done and planned)
Project meetings which included:
• working discussions to organize effectively
all project activities
• information day for local community or
learners
• cultural and social program to provide so
called “cultural education” for project
meeting participants.
Main activities (done and planned)
Survey on knowledge and opinion level on
issue of the European citizenship:
• the questionnaires has been developed in
English and then translated to the national
languages ..\..\Dotazníky\Improved final questionnaire.doc
• 210 respondents in each participating country
(of age 18 – 21,)
• in total we gathered the questionnaires from
1050 respondents
• In present we evaluate the research results in
small working teams and try to prepare the
papers for experts and public.
Main activities (done and planned)
Educational activities
and knowledge dissemination:
Local level:
•
information meetings with local autonomy and people
•
education of young people, teachers, employee’s education
National level:
•
days of opened doors at the universities
•
national seminars (Slovakia)
•
printed materials (forthcoming)
International level:
•
website in English
•
Information days in Spain and Hungary (organized by
participants of project seminars)
•
international conferences and workshops (Poland, Austria,
Hungary, Estonia, Portugal)
•
promotion material.
The project leads to…
• Recommendations how to deal with
European Citizenship
• Dissemination of project results
• Development of Lectures for existing and
new curricula
• Positioning of participating institutions in
terms of competence in this field.
Structural differences
among respondents
Where do you live now?
100%
city
(more than
100 000)
80%
60%
town
40%
rural
settlement
(less than
10 000)
20%
0%
Gˆdˆll?
Nitra
Oviedo
Graz
Structural differences
among respondents
How many countries have you visited since the age of 16?
100%
1180%
9-10
7-8
60%
5-6
3-4
40%
1-2
20%
0
0%
Gˆdˆll?
Nitra
Oviedo
Graz
General attitudes and feelings about EU
What does Europe mean to you? - Oviedo
58%
CEP
27%
values, tradition
69%
geo location
68%
EURO currency
70%
membership in EU
70%
0%
11%
24%
23%
21%
19%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
6%
8%
9%
10%
100%
middle (2)
low (1, 0)
General attitudes and feelings about EU
What does Europe mean to you? - Graz
61%
CEP
24%
11%
72%
values, tradition
19%
67%
geo location
22%
74%
EURO currency
16%
67%
membership in EU
0%
20%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
6%
8%
8%
10%
100%
middle (2)
low (1, 0)
General attitudes and feelings about EU
What does Europe mean to you? - Nitra
69%
CEP
23%
75%
values, tradition
20%
58%
geo location
21%
72%
membership in EU
0%
22%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
4%
10%
31%
70%
EURO currency
7%
9%
6%
100%
middle (2)
low (1, 0)
General attitudes and feelings about EU
What does Europe mean to you? - Gˆdˆll?
53%
CEP
28%
16%
74%
values, tradition
18%
64%
geo location
35%
56%
membership in EU
0%
10%
22%
41%
EURO currency
22%
26%
17%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
8%
100%
middle (2)
low (1, 0)
Forms of spatial identity
Dergees of attachement - Nitra
Dergees of attachement - Gˆdˆll?
69%
to Europe
23%
75%
to country
20%
58%
to region
31%
70%
to city live
21%
72%
to city grow up
22%
0%
7%
to Europe
4%
to country
10%
to region
9%
to city live
6%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
66%
11%
19%
to city live
83%
to city grow up
82%
0%
75%
11%
9%
7%
7%
50%
100%
middle (2)
low (1, 0)
75%
low (1, 0)
3%
7%
9%
17%
86%
to country
17%
77%
0%
20%
12%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
3%
18%
26%
61%
to city live
6%
10%
55%
to region
to city grow up
100%
middle (2)
10%
17%
0%
to Europe
7%
50%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
21%
very strong, strong (4, 3)
91%
to region
13%
Dergees of attachement - Graz
22%
75%
to country
10%
24%
68%
low (1, 0)
9%
18%
62%
Dergees of attachement - Oviedo
to Europe
11%
70%
to city grow up
100%
middle (2)
77%
9%
100%
middle (2)
low (1, 0)
Slovak case
Which of the European countries do you feel closer to?
Czech
62%
34%
Austria
G.Britain
27%
Italy
25%
Germany
23%
France
17%
Spain
Poland
Greece
Hungary
16%
14%
13%
12%
Attitudes to immigrants
Acceptance to immigrats
Non European
countries
50%
45%
25%
European-non
EU countries
66%
44%
54%
16%
EU countries
27%
45%
84%
74%
59%
81%
36%
27%
15%
11%
8%
12%
Accepted
Non
accepted
Gˆdˆll?
Accepted
5%
Non
accepted
Graz
18%
Accepted
Non
accepted
Nitra
9%
2%
Accepted
4%
Non
accepted
Oviedo
The most interesting issues
How important are these issues? - Gˆdˆll?
How important are these issues? - Nitra
0%
1%
15%
7%
3%
weak, no
interest
13%
3%
2%
3%
21%
23%
22%
17%
17%
95%
weak, no
interest
9%
14%
80%
91%
66%
51%
68%
85%
61%
85%
81%
great, quite
great interest
great, quite
great interest
68%
43%
49%
50%
Equality
between men
and women
Terrorism
44%
34%
Environmental
issues
Job and training
opportunities
Public service
or facilities
Poverty
Equality
between men
and women
Terrorism
Discrimination
against
immigrants or
of the minority
groups
Environmental
issues
Quality and
content of
education
Job and training
opportunities
How important are these issues? - Graz
Public service
or facilities
Poverty
Discrimination
against
immigrants or
of the minority
groups
Quality and
content of
education
How important are these issues? - Oviedo
0%
1%
4%
11%
6%
6%
4%
6%
2%
2%
weak, no
interest
4%
3%
1%
2%
5%
weak, no
interest
19%
98%
91%
78%
86%
68%
66%
72%
69%
62%
86%
86%
74%
great, quite
great interest
89%
81%
77%
Terrorism
Discrimination
against
immigrants or
of the minority
groups
great, quite
great interest
47%
Environmental Job and training Public service
issues
opportunities
or facilities
Poverty
Equality
between men
and women
Terrorism
Discrimination
against
immigrants or
of the minority
groups
Quality and
content of
education
Environmental Job and training Public service
issues
opportunities
or facilities
Poverty
Equality
between men
and women
Quality and
content of
education
Participation of respondents
Membership in any organization, club or society
Oviedo
Nitra
32%
68%
29%
71%
56%
Graz
Gˆdˆll?
27%
43%
67%
yes
no
In which sphere do you participate?
100%
80%
10%
other
60%
40%
political
16%
8%
3%
5%
29%
protective
4%
20%
19%
21%
12%
10%
Nitra
Oviedo
20%
19%
7%
0%
Gˆdˆll?
Graz
economic
sporting
cultural
Discussed issues
How often did you discuss the issues? - Nitra
How often did you discuss the issues? - Gˆdˆll?
frequetly, often
frequetly, often
Democracy or citizenship
Democracy or citizenship
60%
60%
How things shoult be done
in the school
40%
20%
0%
seldom, not at all
How things shoult be done
in the school
40%
Learning about the festivals
and feast days or other
religion cultures
Raising money for charity
20%
Collecting signatures for
petition or any canvassing
or campaigning
sometimes
How often did you discuss the issues? - Graz
0%
seldom, not at all
frequetly, often
Democracy or citizenship
60%
60%
How things shoult be done
in the school
How things shoult be done
in the school
0%
seldom, not at all
Collecting signatures for
petition or any canvassing
or campaigning
sometimes
Democracy or citizenship
20%
Raising money for charity
How often did you discuss the issues? - Oviedo
frequetly, often
40%
Learning about the festivals
and feast days or other
religion cultures
40%
Learning about the festivals
and feast days or other
religion cultures
Raising money for charity
20%
Collecting signatures for
petition or any canvassing
or campaigning
sometimes
0%
seldom, not at all
Learning about the festivals
and feast days or other
religion cultures
Raising money for charity
Collecting signatures for
petition or any canvassing
or campaigning
sometimes