Digital competence and critical thinking in thecCitizenship education. National investigation and didactic perspectives

The development of ICT has led to an increase in new social media also in civic participation (Schulz et al., 2016, 2017; Fraillon et al., 2019). Although evidences have shown effects on the civic engagement of young people (Anduiza, Jensen & Jorba, 2012; Banaji & Buckingham, 2013), the use of social media and digital resources is still marginal in the ‘every day’ school context. The results of a national research on citizenship education are described (Perla, Agrati & Vinci, 2020) - the few digital components in the design of civic education teachers - and the proposals for a digital citizenship education curriculum are shared.