The democratic debate
When we think about democracy, we are likely to consider a system of representative government that has periodical and fair elections and where the majority decides. This is, indeed, a …
Course: Promoting Democracy in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers
Anti-democratic scenarios
Think about the following scenario. A child in your class is from an immigrant family. When requested to read aloud, they struggle with the language. The other pupils start laughing …
Welcome to the course
Welcome to the course ‘’Promoting Democracy in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers’. Our course gives you an opportunity to think about the relationship between democracy and education and …
Meet your educators
Edda Sant Hello! My name is Edda Sant. I am originally from a village in the Spanish/Catalan Pyrenees region. I graduated from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with a combined …
Learn More About Promoting Democracy in the Classroom
We need you to promote democracy in the classroom. Edda Sant, one of our lead educators, concludes the course and encourages you to work together to promote democracy. Think about …
Democracy in Education
There are numerous people and organisations that, possibly like yourself, are committed to promoting democracy through education. Democracy in Schools In many schools, specialist teachers are often in charge …
Case studies
Listen to Zeba, Noemia and Breo explaining how they promote democracy in their schools. And consider the following questions for discussion: Who promotes democracy in each of the schools? Are …
Reflective Practice in Teaching
The promotion of democracy in school classrooms needs to be adapted to the needs of each context. Contexts are very different from each other. In this MOOC, we have had …
Anti-democratic perspectives
To promote democratic values, educators and leaders need not only to teach these values, they need to mirror them. Educational research has long suggested that when promoting democracy it is …
The challenge of promoting democracy
Listen to teachers Zeba, Noemia and Breo discussing some of the challenges they have encountered when teaching and some of their fears about promoting democracy. Have you encountered any of …
Are schools democratic?
As much as we would like to promote democracy in school classrooms, we need to admit that most schools are not democratic spaces. If we think back to the ‘essence’ …
Methods of Teaching Assessment
With various methods of assessment, many might question whether assessment can be democratic. First, in most classrooms, there are teachers and students. Many of you will have been in both …
Educational policy and the promotion of democracy
As we have explored in the previous step, the promotion of democracy has for a long time been one of the tasks of schools within democratic systems. But this demand …
How to teach controversial issues
Teaching around controversial issues is probably one of the most effective practices for the promotion of democracy across Europe and beyond. The term “controversial issues” refers to “issues which arouse …
Teaching Methods for Promoting Democracy
Listen to Jonas Thiel, one of the lead educators of this course, explaining how through service-learning, cooperative learning and project-based learning, teachers can promote democracy.
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Promoting Democracy in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers
