School audit
The next exercise consists in a self-evaluation of practices. We would like you to select the school you work at or a school you are familiar with. With this school …
Course: Promoting Democracy in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers
Democracy in Schools
Over the years, we have accumulated knowledge of practices that can benefit the promotion of democracy in schools. These practices can be beneficial no matter the approach (education about/for/through democracy) …
“No! Democracy is…”
We would like you to consider the following case study: Eli, a senior teacher expert in democratic education, went to observe a citizenship education class of one of his younger …
Education for Democratic Culture
Figure 1. Council of Europe’s 20 competences of the Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. The links between democracy and education are implicit in most historical and philosophical accounts of …
Education about/for/through democracy
Listen one of the lead educators of this course, Edda Sant, introducing different approaches to the promotion of democracy in schools. Edda discusses the differences between education about, education for …
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Promoting Democracy in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers