The role of education institutions in teaching democratic citizenship. Problems of political disengagement, devolution of political power, the implications of global interdependence, youth unemployment, the lack of social cohesion in complex societies.
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Kirovograd Volodymyr Vynnychenko State Pedagogical University UDK 81’44 (811.161.2 811.111): 81’373 Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values Ivanenko Nadiya Viktorivna PhD, Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages Chair, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages е-mail: naviva2000@yahoo.com Formulation and justification of the relevance of the problem. In recent years, a greater emphasis has been placed on how nation states socialize and prepare the next generation of citizens. Education institutions have a key role in this essential educational process. Both citizenship and democracy figure prominently on education agendas around the world, in response to the considerable challenges facing many modern democracies. These challenges include concerns about political disengagement, devolution of political power, the implications of global interdependence, youth unemployment, and fears about the lack of social cohesion in increasingly diverse and complex societies. The state of