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За гражданското образование в България
On Civic Education in Bulgaria

Author(s): Christo Petkov Todorov
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Logic, Culture and social structure , School education
Published by: Институт за българска философска култура
Keywords: civic education; models of civic education; civic education in secondary schools

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the establishment of "Civic Education" as a new subject at Bulgarian secondary school this year. The discussion focuses on the question of subject's public legitimation and its major goal. Claiming that Civic Education is a phenomenon of the Modern World I offer a brief historical sketch. It outlines those long term processes that feature the Modern World - secularization, industrialization, urbanization, democratization etc. After a short description of the current state of Civic Education I sketch three existing models of Civic Education - patriotism, participatory republicanism and autonomy. Eventually I make the conclusion that the conception of the new subject "Civic Education" combines elements of later two models. The major goal of "Civic Education" at Bulgarian secondary school consists of two components - understanding of the complexity of Modern Social World and building of Civic Capacity.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 72-82
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian