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The European Competition is a student competition in which students of all age submit creative, artistic, or written pieces of work on the activities of the European Union.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=European Competition )〕 Tendered by European Movement Germany, it is the oldest student competition in Germany. It was first launched as an essay competition in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1953. Only one year later, all other German federal states joined the initiative.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Europäischer Wettbewerb: Profil (German) )〕 The contest is one of the earliest transnational projects on civic education. Today, it is implemented in about fifteen countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=European Competition: Profile in English )〕 Each year, an average of 75,000 students take part in the contest. The topics are determined by four modules which are broken down by age and oriented towards the theme of the European Year, launched annually by the European Union. The requirements demand that all submitted pieces of work account for a European perspective. Societal, economic, political, and cultural aspects are central to the competition. However, the way in which the topics are dealt with is up to the contestants. The Kultusministerkonferenz, a voluntary consortium of the German federal education ministers, appoints a governing committee that establishes the guidelines of the competition. ==Aims== Being a proven instrument of practical education, the European Competition enables German schools to fulfil their European educational mandate as set out by the Kultusministerkonferenz. As a themed competition that is addressed towards all age groups and types of school the European Competition stimulates an in-depth engagement with European topics and questions. The contest directs the students’ – but also the teachers’ – perception towards the European dimension of diverse subject-matters and teaching contents. Task and methodology offer teachers the possibility to explore the European dimension of various subject-matters during class sessions. The themes as set out in the modules indicate where European dynamics become effective and where European decisions are required. They furthermore illustrate that in many cases only collective action can lead to a success. Through the students’ independent and creative engagement with common values, aims, challenges, and possibilities of European integration, the contest aims at contributing to the creation of a European awareness. Another goal is to enable young people to actively perform their future role as citizens of the European Union. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Competition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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