Objectives of the study

1. Changingworkerattitudestowards Europe- keyfindingsof an exploratorystudyMartin Roggenkamp Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

2. Objectivesofthestudy • To identify changing attitudes to European public policy and changing thought patterns of adult education learners in the wake of the economic and financial crisis • To develop approaches to political education that take on board these thought patterns Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

3. Method • Qualitative study • Learning contexts as object of investigation • 14 expert interviews with seminar leaders from the field of political adult education • Two group discussions with a total of 30 learners participating in European public policy seminars • 3 workshops with seminar leaders and education officers Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

4. Resultsofthestudy Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

5. Have attitudes changed in the wake of the financial crisis? • From a vague stance to a concrete critical stance • Increasing readiness to questions and analyse European public policy • Perception of the EU as a threat • An opportunity and challenge for political education to seize the interest and encourage critical debate Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

6. Educational interests • The interest in themesishighlydependent on thecurrentnewscoverage • The educationalinterestshave a personal relevance in the form of a cost-benefitanalysis, and in termsofdevelopmentprospects • Increasinginterest in thedevelopmentandthedailylife in other European countries • Problem solving • Obtainarguments Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

7. Perceptionofthe European Union • Everydayrelevanceisunderestimatedthroughoutandprimarilygraspedthrough professional contexts • Opportunitiesforinfluenceareperceivedasratherlow; extra-parliamentarydecision-mkingprocesses in theforeground • The importanceof Europe fortheownidentityisratherlow, but itincreasesthemore global thetopics • No European groupidentity Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

8. Perceptionofthe European Union • Europe as an unfinished project • In the long term, as an opportunity and bearer of hope • In terms of international politics, as a necessity given the lack of alternative solutions • In the short-term, as a threat due to: • Enlargement • Compromising of social achievements • Crises Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

9. Previousknowledge • Heterogeneous but predominantly low level • Predominantly media-based • Often lack basic knowledge – of an institutional and economic nature – that is essential to allow a rudimentary understanding and analysis of European contexts and developments Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

10. Ideasforeducationalconcepts • Strengthening the interest perspective: identify the individual and group-related interests in the European policy context • Experience/search for different ways of life in Europe – exchange with immigrants, places of learning in other European countries • Identify social contradiction and encourage criticism with a view to creating a capacity to act • Discourse criticism: critical analysis of the alienated terms in the public debate • Open debate about right-wing populism • Greater dissemination of trade union policy on Europe • Development of alternative strategies based on the discussion of utopia or real alternatives to welfare economics Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

11. Conclusion • Windowofopportunityforthepromotionof a criticaldebateabout Europe bypoliticaleducation • Integration of professional anddemocraticaspectsasimportantapproachforthefurtherdevelopmentofpoliticaleducation in Europe Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa

12. Thankyouforyourkindattention! Wandel von ArbeitnehmereinstellungenzuEuropa