Citizenship and enterprise: issues from an investigation of teachers' perceptions in England and Hungary

We explore the perceptions of teachers concerning citizenship and enterprise in Hungary and England. Contextual matters are described and research methods outlined prior to a discussion of emerging issues. We argue that citizenship in both countries is understood broadly in terms of what it means to...

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Published in:Comparative education 2004-08, Vol.40 (3), p.363-384
Main Authors: Davies, Ian, Fülöp, Marta, Hutchings, Merryn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Business
Citizenship
Citizenship Education
Civic education
Civics, army, policy education
Community membership
Corporations
Cross cultural studies
Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods
Datenanalyse
Economics education
Education
Educational sciences
Einstellung (Psy)
England
English Teachers
Entrepreneurship
Foreign Countries
Großbritannien
Hungarian
Hungary
Interview
Lehrer
Marktwirtschaft
Patriotism
Pedagogy
Perceptions
Political debate
Political Issues
Politische Bildung
Research Methodology
Secondary schools
Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung
Staatsbürgerschaft
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Ungarn
United Kingdom
Vergleichsuntersuchung
Young Adults
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Summary:We explore the perceptions of teachers concerning citizenship and enterprise in Hungary and England. Contextual matters are described and research methods outlined prior to a discussion of emerging issues. We argue that citizenship in both countries is understood broadly in terms of what it means to be human. The English teachers emphasized community issues and being socially active more often than those in Hungary. Hungarian teachers were less positive about state and civil society and more patriotic about their country. In both countries those in provincial towns (rather than those in capital cities) suggested a belief in the need for a greater adherence to rules. There was greater enthusiasm for citizenship education in primary rather than secondary schools in both countries. All teachers seemed wary about a form of enterprise education that relates directly to the economy and this was especially true for the Hungarian sample. Teachers in both countries, while recognizing the current emphasis on competition between and within schools, tended to characterize citizenship education as a constructive social enterprise (rather than an economic enterprise), in which young people are encouraged to explore problems and develop their initiative and capacity for action. All teachers favoured a collaborative and broad-based pedagogical approach in which young people are allowed to explore social and political issues through dilemmas.
ISSN:0305-0068
1360-0486
DOI:10.1080/0305006042000274845