Curriculum Development for Political Education in the Netherlands

After World War II, various political and social groups strove for "socialization" of education. This socialization was to manifest itself in the attention schools devoted to social aspects of life and civic education. The Secondary Education Act of 1963 secured a place for "maatschappijleer" in all secondary school timetables. The actual introduction of the subject was in 1968. The development of the subject in vocational education was fairly autonomous. In a number of vocational school types, the subject was already included in the schedule.