Student and family engagement for developing a culture of democratic/civic participation
- Funder
- European Commission · Horizon Europe
- Award amount
- €3,500,000 – €4,000,000
- Deadline
- September 23, 2027
- Eligible countries
- European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global
Summary
Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-03 · HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL2-2027-01: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society - 2027. Opens 2027-05-13; next deadline 2027-09-23. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-03
Expected Outcome: Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: - Policymakers, education and training institutions, and educators will be provided with an evidence base, toolkits, and recommendations on the types of collaboration mechanisms with families that are most effective in supporting schools' efforts to provide citizenship education[1]. - Policymakers, education and training institutions, and educators will have a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of student councils and other student participatory mechanisms on influencing school decision-making and on student civic engagement. - Policymakers, education and training institutions, and educators will have a deeper understanding of the impact of family involvement in citizenship education in schools. - Educators have frameworks, guidance, and tools for evaluating social-emotional learning, including values and attitudes, as part of citizenship education.
Scope: Research should examine schools as a locus for practicing participation and developing innovative participatory practices. Research should examine student and family engagement to foster a democratic culture via school activities. It should consider schools as social places for intergenerational dialogue. Research should examine the role of socio-emotional learning in tackling sensitive topics in the classroom and in fostering civic agency development among learners. Research could explore the emotions that drive civic engagement and investigate strategies to help students emotionally cope with frustrations when their civic engagement efforts do not…
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