2025, Volume 128, Issue III

The European Union in Polish Matriculation Exams in Civic Education (2021–2024): Teaching Changes, Representation, and Students’ Knowledge

Piotr Załęski¹, Agnieszka Bejma¹
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¹Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warszawski


Autor korenspondencyjny: Piotr Załęski; Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warszawski; email: p.zaleski@uw.edu.pl

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Streszczenie

The article, based on Polish matriculation exam worksheets in civic education from 2021–2024, negatively verifies the opinion that the significance of EU-related topics has declined following Minister Zalewska's education reform. The EU was not portrayed negatively in the exams, nor did it change within the exam worksheets. There was an increase in the importance of EU-related issues in the 2023 exam format, with this topic either proportionally aligned with EU requirements or overrepresented. Additionally, in these exams, more EU-related requirements could be assessed compared to the 2021 and 2022 exams. Furthermore, the 2023 exam format showed a significant increase in the average performance level on tasks related to EU issues compared to the analysed tasks from the 2015 exam format.

Słowa kluczowe

edukacja obywatelska, Unia Europejska, młodzież, egzamin maturalny, wiedza na temat Unii Europejskiej