Abstract

Active citizenship is an important part of creating healthy communities. It promotes democratic collaboration that respects diversity, embraces the entire community, and is based on the recognition of fundamental human rights and the rule of law. Schools play a crucial role in this process, and the development of educational programs is necessary to enhance skills like cooperation and communication, as well as to develop critical thinking, lessen prejudice, and foster tolerance, understanding, empathy, and an openness to variety. Active citizenship education has helped to shape an important civil society and political culture, and there is significant official support for working with the younger generation in the public sector to combat authoritarian views and foster the development of intercultural and democratic capacities.

Active learning involves the learner in the creation and construction of knowledge, social interaction, and practical acts performed for the benefit of others.

Bernard Crick argued for the inclusion of citizenship education in the National Curriculum for England, and volunteering is a voluntary activity where individuals donate their time to assist others in the neighbourhood or larger society. Social enterprise is a non-profit with clearly stated social objectives, and students must be intellectually engaged in their study for “Pedagogies of Engagement” to effectively integrate civic learning into the curriculum. Active learning is the process of providing students more responsibility for their own education and providing them with the opportunity to engage actively and exchange ideas.

It involves identifying educational activities that pay close attention to learning behaviours, integrating critical thinking and lifelong learning, and associating higherorder thinking with intellectually stimulating tasks. Active citizens acquire knowledge haphazardly and informally from their interactions with other people as well as from their everyday experiences away from the classroom.