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Values manifested in life purposes of higher education students in the Netherlands and Finland Open
This study investigates the life purposes and values of higher education students in the Netherlands and Finland (nDutch = 663, nFin = 846). The theoretical framework is built on the conceptualisation of life purpose by Damon et al. as wel…
Civic Purpose among Higher Education Students – A Study of Four Dutch and Finnish Institutions Open
Given the increasing interest in academic citizenship in higher education, this study examines the civic purposes of higher education students in two European countries, namely the Netherlands and Finland, and relations between students’ w…
Resonance as Pluralism: Toward an Existential-Phenomenological Approach to Relational Plurality, in Dialogue with Rosa and Arendt Open
Discussions on modern pluralism have mainly focused on its socio-political dimension. This article focuses on the existential-phenomenological dimension of plurality, conceiving of pluralism as a responsive relationship between the self an…
Life purposes: Comparing higher education students in four institutions in the Netherlands and Finland Open
Universities worldwide are beginning to counter the prevailing neo-liberal ideology by paying renewed attention to the moral development of students and fostering their life purposes. This mixed methods study investigates the life purposes…
Education for democratic citizenship in Dutch schools: A bumpy road Open
Highlights • Constitutional freedom of education affects democratic citizenship education policy. • Citizenship education legislation in 2006 and 2007 placed little demands on schools. • Legislation introduced in 2021 has further specified…
The democratic school experiences framework: A tool for the design and self-assessment of democratic experiences in formal education Open
In many democratic societies, schools are expected to prepare their students for participation in democratic societies. (Self)assessment frameworks, designed by scholars and curriculum developers, support the development of school initiate…
Cultivating student participation in the context of mock elections in schools Open
• Many governments in the EU and US promote democratic learning opportunities in schools • Mock elections have a long tradition in several EU countries, including the Netherlands • Coordinating teachers of the Dutch high schools in our sam…
Bonding in Newcomer Education: An Empirical Exploration Open
Armed conflicts in the Middle East since 2015 have led to an increase of refugee children in Dutch society and Dutch schools. This article describes an exploratory qualitative study into how primary school teachers promote bonding in class…
Mock elections as a way to cultivate democratic development and a democratic school culture Open
Over the last decades, many European Union countries have invested in strengthening participatory learning in citizenship education policy and practice. This survey study provides insight into how high school teachers in the Netherlands ad…
Mock Elections in Civic Education: A Space for Critical Democratic Citizenship Development Open
Purpose: Preparing citizens for participation in pluralist democracies also requires a type of citizenship education that fosters critical democratic citizenship (CDC). This study inquires into an educational activity with a long history i…