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This article reports of a research project with eleven schools for primary and secondary education in
which teachers were involved in collaborative inquiry-based curriculum development for citizenship
education. Its main purpose was to get a better grasp of teachers' understanding of citizenship education,
what teachers consider the professionalism needed for citizenship education and how this professionalism
could be encouraged. The results show an increase of teachers' awareness of citizenship education
and its implicit presence in their practices. According to teachers enhancing pedagogical professionalism
and practical wisdom with respect to teaching citizenship education takes time, room for experimenting,
and the possibility to collaborate and exchange ideas among colleagues.