In Spring 2009, the Working group on School Curricula revised the 2006 questionnaire and circulated accross National platforms.

Pete Davis analysed the answers, and drafted the report.

Download the country questionnaires:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• England
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Northern Ireland
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Scotland
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Wales

In May 2006 the Working Group devised a questionnaire for EU Member States, to provide base-line information for comparing and assessing the application and integration of DE in School curricula in each country. The Survey was conducted through the offices of the national NGOs platforms and networks involved in the promotion of DE in the EU.

Carole Coupez (Solidarité Laïque) and Pete Davies have collated the results onto 8 tables.

The questionnaire was completed by representative agencies of 29 countries in Europe, and 2 in Asia. They also contributed to the consultation process that has followed.

The results have revealed a wealth of information about similarities and differences in the status, practice and support for Development Education in the schools sector in different nation states of the EU. They also shed the light on the interpretation of DE, and how its its thematic content is defined and related to different subject areas. They also indicate the range of current priority issues for DE, and provide insights into the problems of an overloaded school system struggling to keep up with contemporary global events. The survey outlines the developing relationships between governments offices and institutions in the NGO/DE sector.

It concludes with a sweeping view of weakness in national education systems regarding effective integration and recognition of the global dimension in school curricula and whole school practice.

 

Download the <//a>Report on the Status of Development Education in the formal Education Sector and School Curricula in Countries of the European Union

 

Download the SYNTHESIS of the Report on the Status of Development Education in the Formal Education Sector and School Curricula in Countries of the European Union

 

Download the Synthesis in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Estonian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian

In May 2005 the European Conference on Public Awareness and Development Education for North- South Solidarity approved a set of recommendations. This included awareness-raising and development development education being integrated into the curricula of the formal and informal educational systems throughout the current and future members of the EU.

DEEEP's bi-annual survey of development education in the EU shows that school curricula and the education of young people are priority areas of concern for development education practitioners throughout Europe. Some of the most effective project collaborations between NGOs in different countries have focused on work with schools and teachers, and the DE Forum recognizes a willingness of NGOs in all national platforms to share their experiences, ideas and expertise.

A working group on school curricula was set up at the Development Education Forum in Paris in November 2005, and has continued its discusions and research electronically, and through workshops at the DE Forum in Helsinki (July 2006) and in Malta (October 2006).

In the statement adopted at the November 2004 CONCORD General Assembly under Priority III: Life Long Education,

Development Education (...) aims to work effectively with national education systems, school curricula, and youth organisations, to equip young people with the values, attitudes knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to become informed, confident and active global citizens.

 

The results from the questionnaire survey lead us to ask how far has each nation progressed towards achieving that goal, whether in the spirit of the intention, in curriculum policy, or in the collective recognition of the educational provisions necessary for every child-learning in an interdependent, insecure, rapidly "globalising" world?

 

For more information on this working group contact Mari Helene Kaber (mari[at]no-spam.humanae.ee)