Promoting active citizenship across Europe, as defined in the Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020), has become one of the main objectives of education systems. Citizenship education is included in the education system of all EU member states.The content, duration and grade level of citizenship education varies from country to country. The International Student Assessment Program (PISA), conducted by the OECD, is conducted every 3 years and measures the extent to which 15-yearold students can produce solutions to the problems they will encounter in life. PISA analyzes are also important in terms of providing information about the success of countries' education systems. However, citizenship education is ignored in PISA evaluations due to the differences in citizenship education of countries. WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU (WSBINOZ) applied an online "EU citizenship in 100 questions" questionnaire to a total of 2644 students between the ages of 15-18, who are our target audience of the project. According to the results of the survey application; 64% of the students stated that they do not know their EU citizenship rights.The rate of students who say they do not know about the European common culture/art is 72%. As can be seen from the data of surveys, citizenship education provided in schools is not enough to give students EU citizenship competence and awareness of European common culture/art. In order to increase awareness about EU and EU citizenship, joint steps to be taken in the citizenship lessons given in school education are of great importance for the EU and its future. Citizenship education is considered as a common field in social sciences and other branch teachers do not provide EU citizenship education. (Commission/EACEA/Eurydice, 2017). Therefore, teachers' professional knowledge and experience about EU citizenship is insufficient. However, the EU; In the context of EU citizenship competence and creating a European awareness, it sees 'education' as the main tool to encourage 'citizens' to participate in active cultural, social and democratic life. In this context, by including EU citizenship competencies and European common cultural/art awareness, citizenship education in European countries, there is a need to expand the scope of citizenship education within the EU framework and to eliminate the differences in citizenship education in EU countries. According to the road map to be followed in our project to meet this need; *European teachers have professional equipment and competence on EU citizenship (EU citizenship professional development training) *Including families in the EU citizenship education process (EU citizenship family education), *The contents of the school lessons; Integration of EU citizenship and European common cultural elements (Intellectual output: EU Citizenship Common Education Program / Module) *Supporting students with in-school and out-of-school activities in the triangle of school, teacher and parent (Intellectual output: European Youth Culture and Art Club) *It will be ensured that they communicate, interact with their European peers, assume duties and responsibilities together, and gain a European culture/art awareness. (Intellectualoutput: Mobile Application) In our project, the number of students who say I know their EU citizenship rights is 30%, with the studies of European Youth Culture and Art Club and mobile application; We aim to increase the number of students who say I have information about the European common culture/art by 40%. With our project; Measuring the quality of WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU (WSBINOZ) project activities, which will scientifically investigate the effects of EU citizenship education through a common education program in European countries and the European Youth Culture and Art Club's activities on the acquisition of a European identity in the axis of common culture; is responsible for the scientific and educational evaluation of the project. WSBINOZ, which will create samples from the students of partner schools in our project, in this context; will collect, analyze, interpret and evaluate data in a planned and systematic manner. WSBINOZ, which will use descriptive, causal comparative research methods; From quantitative research techniques, -Cohort Scanning - Structured (supervised) observation / observation schedule -Survey -Structured interview Among qualitative research techniques; will use unstructured (unsupervised) observation. Our project; With the common education program to be implemented in schools in EU countries; It will contribute to the development of young people as educated and civic participant individuals who have adopted the European identity, have become aware of their own country's culture and Europe's common culture/art, have internalized EU common values, know and use European citizenship rights.
We wanted the teachers who participated in the LTTAs to got educated in the topic of European citizenship related to their branch of study. Educational programs and modules were created to integrate the different kinds of citizenship, social, economic, digital, democratic, cultural and environmental, so it could be added to educational system to improve active participation of young people in the field of citizenship. Generally, we wanted to approach this topic. We wanted to create common awareness of European culture and art in the students of the partner schools.
We applied for the project to address the current shortcomings in citizenship education across EU countries and to promote active citizenship and European awareness among young people. This project aimed to promote activite citizenship across Europe. Citizineship educiation is important part of the educational system in EU member countries, but its content, duration, and grade level is different from country to country. According to "EU citizenship in 100 questions" questionnaire with 2,644 students, significant percentage of students lacked knowledge about their EU citizenship rights and European common culture/art. This indicates that the current citizenship education provided in schools is insufficient to equip students with the necessary awareness and competence. The project addresses the need for a more comprehensive and consistent citizenship education in EU countries by equipping teachers with professional training, involving families in the education process, and fostering European culture/art awareness among students through interactive activities and a mobile application. The project mainly focused on fostering a sense of European identity and active participation among young individuals.