Vol. 21 No. 3 (2022)

Editors of this Issue

Reinhold Hedtke, Bielefeld University, Germany

Jan Löfström, University of Turku, Finland   

Andrea Szukala, Augsburg University, Germany

This issue presents articles taken from the ongoing, thematically open call. The topics cov-ered include the association of individual pupil’s performance in citizenship knowledge with the language ability of his/her classroom peers, a model of an output-driven approach in schools for improving citizenship competences, the impact of teaching with popular TV series on students’ interest in and knowledge of politics, a case study on democratizing schools through direct participation of students and a country report on social science education and its expansion in Sweden.