Curricular, Pedagogical and Didactic Questions about Participative Citizenship in Lower Secondary Schools: A comparison of two European countries

Research project under the responsibility of Maria Pagoni.

Final Report

The report was written by:

Maria Pagoni, Despina Karakatsani, George Stamelos, Richard Etienne and Julia-Athena Spinthourakis

April 2010

The CiCea Research Grant for 2008 was awarded to the following CiCea members/institutions:

• Maria Pagoni (University Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III, France, Théodile-CIREL, E.A. 4354),
• Despina Karakatsani (University of Peloponnese, Greece),
• Richard Etienne (University Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France, LIRDEF - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Didactique, Éducation et Formation, E.A. 3749),
• Georges Stamelos and Julia Spinthourakis (University of Patras, Greece)

As part of our services for members, eight institutional members of the Association have agreed to make meeting and study places available to other members of the Association. This facility is for members of the Association who wish to meet or study in one of the locations. Members may use the centres, with the agreement of the host in each case, as:

• a study base for an individual for a short period of time
• a research base, to collect data in the locality and its environs
• a meeting place for a research/study project

The host institution will try to accommodate requests for use of the facilities, assist in suggesting convenient accommodation, and endeavour to help you identify schools or colleges that may be useful to you in any research. Members receive a catalogue that details the research centres and facilities that are available. Currently, our research centres are located in the following cities:

Ayr, Scotland; Budapest, Hungary; Coimbra, Portugal; Hudderfield, UK; Malmö, Sweden; Olsztyn, Poland; Patras, Greece; Corinth, Greece

The Research Grants Competition for 2020 - 2021 application process opens in October 2020. The grant period will start in January 2021. The following extracts from the guidance notes may be useful to those considering making an application, but please do not apply until the grants are formally announced, and a closing date is given.

• The application must be made by a group of at least THREE Association members, from different institutions. International collaboration is strongly preferred.
• You will be asked to describe the aim of the research and its relevance in terms of citizenship.
• In cases where the grant is planned to be used to supplement other awards and grants, then you should specify what the CiCea award will add to the overall project.
• The Association will require a final report at the end of the project. The project proposed should be completed within 18 months. It should start in January 2021 (and therefore should end by March 31st, 2022).
• Download a copy of the Notes of Guidance