Book of Abstracts

It has been almost thirty years since the devolution in the United Kingdom. Since 1997, the four devolved countries have pursued their own educational policy. The curriculum for citizenship education has been changing in order to find the balance between maintaining the Welsh cultural and linguistic heritage and cultural diversity, as well as a globally oriented mindset. The Welsh identity and language come to the fore in the Welsh curriculum. However, the idea of contemporary Welshness is inclusive and globally oriented. From this perspective, the idea of Welsh education is to develop active, engaged, and global citizens within Welshness. The key point is how the policy of inclusion and a globally oriented approach deals with the tensions between the dominant culture, fluidity of Welsh identity, and the present priority of cultural diversity. The aim of the presentation is to reconstruct the educational policy for citizenship in Wales. Moreover, I will try to answer the question of whether the ambitious approach of reconciliating the national-oriented curricula with the global needs is possible.