A new Statement on the findings of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) by Dr Malak-Minkiewicz has just been published.

In her statement, Dr Barbara Malak-Minkiewicz focuses on the challenges for educational practitioners in Europe. The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2009 was the third IEA study on civic and citizenship education. The ICCS contributed substantially to our knowledge about civic and citizenship education in schools and preparation of youth for citizenship. Its approach of collecting data at a number of levels and from different perspectives disclosed many issues important for policy makers and practitioners in this area. The major challenges are discussed in Dr Malak-Minkiewicz' statement.


Dr Barbara Malak-Minkiewicz is the manager of membership relations at the IEA Secretariat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She was a member of the steering committee of the second IEA Civic Education Study (CIVED). She has also worked at Warsaw University, teaching courses in social and developmental psychology and conduction studies on socialization, social identity formation, conflict and aggression.