Vmbo Pupils Experiencing Their European Citizenship

The need for information about the EU has already been acknowledged by the European Parliament in 1971 when information offices were established in each EU member state. The offices of the EP represent the European Parliament and its members of Parliament of each individual EU member state. The task of the every office is to keep the citizens informed on European political developments and the EP´s role within these developments. It is in this paper where the possibilities concerning vmbo pupils and their European citizenship are explored. The main focus, during the research, lies on finding possibilities for the office of the EP to intensify the experience of vmbo pupils' European citizenship. This paper only reports the results of one part of the entire research, namely the experience of the vmbo pupils. The complete business plan for the office of the EP includes also the thesis of Hanneke van Hoof, which focuses on policy makers/executors of secondary education. The central question in the research discussed in this paper is: How do vmbo pupils experience their European citizenship?