Reaching the Hard-To-Reach with Civic Education on the European Union: Insights from a German Model Project

Monika Oberle and Märthe-Maria Stamer
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Monika Oberle: Department of Political Science, University of Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3, 37073 Goettingen, Germany
Märthe-Maria Stamer: Department of Political Science, University of Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3, 37073 Goettingen, Germany

Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: So-called “hard-to-reach” learners with a lower level of formal education have been identified as a “challenge” for civic education and have been neglected with regard to civic education in the past. However, these young people do deal with political processes that relate to their everyday lives; they simply do not perceive these processes as political. The same holds true for the topic of the European Union. To date, hardly any teaching concepts and learning materials for civic education on the European Union that are specially designed for hard-to-reach youth have been available. This paper discusses the relevance, challenges, and promising approaches used to address this severe deficit in the research and practice of civic education regarding the EU. It focuses on the situation in Germany and presents the Jean Monnet project “ Junge Menschen erreichbar machen mit politischer Europabildung ” (JUMPER). Here, workshops with a focus on the European Union are developed—specifically tailored to the needs of the target group, carried out with pupils in the vocational transition system, and accompanied by systematic evaluation. Finally, conclusions are drawn for civic education and research regarding hard-to-reach youth.

Keywords: civic education; European Union; hard-to-reach learners; empirical research; vocational transition system; simulation game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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