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On the Importance of Preschool Civic Education for the Global Culture of Lawfulness

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There is a consensus on the effectiveness of various preschool institutional arrangements for effective civic education. This essay takes on board the question of kindergarten education in some Global North countries in which refugee and immigrant children find themselves. The author looks into the findings from various researches with a view to assessing if kindergarten programs and projects provide for the civic education of such children, especially in comparison to native-born children. While in some such initiatives this comparison clearly speaks in favor of disadvantaged children (especially immigrant girls), assessments of other projects only suggest that they may be adaptable interculturally. No doubt, however, that overall in kindergarten education, there is a potential to contribute to peaceful and inclusive societies, envisioned by the 2016–2030 United Nations Sustainable Agenda.

For Leon and Maja—my grandchildren

The author thanks Dr. Michael K. Platzer (Academic Council on the United Nations System, Vienna, Austria) for comments on an earlier draft.

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    “Skills and “values” are used interchangeably. There is no authoritative and distinct differentiation between one and another.

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    In a descending order: Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Belgium.

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    These traditions are at the core of contemporary public international law (Berman 2003, p. 58).

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    However, one has to be fair concerning the gender-balanced content and effect of women’s position in democratic societies. Despite considerable improvements made over the years the incomes of professional women are still lower than those of professional men.

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    Independently, some Global South countries have been on this track already (e.g. Argentina, India and Uruguay, see Ruhm and Waldfogel 2012, pp. 40–42).

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    All United Nations parliamentary documentation starting with “A” symbol retrieved from the United Nations website http://www.un.org. Accessed 15 Sep 2017.

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Redo, S. (2018). On the Importance of Preschool Civic Education for the Global Culture of Lawfulness. In: Kury, H., Redo, S. (eds) Refugees and Migrants in Law and Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72159-0_9

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