This paper is taken from Creating Communities: Local, National and Global Selected papers from the fourteenth Conference of the Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Academic Network London: CiCe 2012 edited by Peter Cunningham and Nathan Fretwell, published in London by CiCe, ISBN 978-1-907675-19-5 Without explicit authorisation from CiCe (the copyright holder) • only a single copy may be made by any individual or institution for the purposes of private study only • multiple copies may be made only by  members of the CiCe Thematic Network Project or CiCe Association, or  a official of the European Commission  a member of the European parliament © CiCe 2012 CiCe Institute for Policy Studies in Education London Metropolitan University 166 – 220 Holloway Road London N7 8DB UK This paper does not necessarily represent the views of the CiCe Network. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Acknowledgements: This is taken from the book that is a selection of papers given at the annual CiCe Conference indicated. The CiCe Steering Group and the editor would like to thank • All those who contributed to the Conference • The CiCe administrative team at London Metropolitan University • London Metropolitan University, for financial and other support for the programme, conference and publication • The Lifelong Learning Programme and the personnel of the Education and Culture DG of the European Commission for their support and encouragement. If this paper is quoted or referred to it must always be acknowledged as García, T., Ordoñez, E., Preckler, M., Sainz, V., Pérez Manjarrez, E., Plascencia, M., Juanes García, A., Maldonado, A. & Jacott, L. (2012) ‘From traditional to cosmopolitan views on citizenship education: A new instrument for evaluation’, in P. Cunningham & N. Fretwell (eds.) Creating Communities: Local, National and Global. London: CiCe, pp. 528 - 537.