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<div class="teaser-text">The competencies required for people to become involved in sustainable public involvement are closely related to universal key competences, but they distinct in one point: Civic involvement is an idea based on normative aspects. It promotes those skills that allow people to become active, responsible citizens in a society that respects the rights and the involvement of its individuals and fundamental democratic values.</div>
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On an European level, the Council of Europe is promoting the combined approach of "Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. [https://www.coe.int/en/web/edc/what-is-edc/hre more]
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Revision as of 21:36, 15 June 2020

The competencies required for people to become involved in sustainable public engagement are closely related to universal key competences, but they distinguish themselves in one regard: Civic involvement is an idea based on normative aspects. It promotes those skills that allow people to become active, responsible citizens in a society that respects the rights and the involvement of its individuals and fundamental democratic values.

On a European level, the Council of Europe promotes the combined approach of "Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. more

Articles, Checklists and Methods

Citizenship Education: Definitions

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A short overview over the terminology, what Democratic Citizenship is and how it is related to other kinds of education.

Code of Conduct

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A seminar is an island and we imagine ourselves to be stranded on this island. Now we have to find our own rules.

The new planet

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The learners exchange their ideas for rules and rights in order to shape a learning culture according to their needs.

Democracy Scrabble

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Students brainstorm in a scrabble style on their associations regarding a key word like "democracy". The method is used for getting ideas into an order, to make different attitudes visible and to become clearer about different aspects of a topic.

Human Rights Quiz

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Introduce Human Rights in an insightful and playful way in groups of all ages.

What is Democracy...

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Understanding and reflecting democracy by looking on the different major democracy concepts with their different priorities and assumptions.

Democracy Circle

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An introductory method for discussing the questions: "What does democracy mean for me personally? What is my relation to it, and am I critical of or convinced by it?"

Learning Democracy through Analogue Games

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Tools to playfully explore what democracy means and what constitutes the quality of a democracy.


Movie Analysis

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Movies are not a mere entertaining tool showing captivating plots, but they also prepare students to trigger their autobiographic stories and experiences, thus shaping and sharing memories.

Poster Check

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Analyze manipulation strategies applied via visual materials.

Spot the Fake News

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Verify if an article or information is fake.

Card-moderated Exchange

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Training and reflecting on discussion skills by using visual impulses.


Hate Speech Bingo

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Learners explore hate speech in their social networks and how they follow patterns and strategies.

Insult ABC

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Our everyday language says a lot about our culture. In this activity, the insults in our cultures are collected to determine which groups are typically indirectly attacked by the insults.


American Debate

Method.png
The method addresses the communicative skills and helps to reflect opposite points of view in a discussion. Two groups with different opinions discuss a topic. This may be a generally relevant topic or a current hot topic in your society.

The meaning of nation

Method.png
National backgrounds and identity have seemed to gain more and more political relevance. This method tries to reflect on this process and also question it.

World Power- Europe

Method.png
Europe is an important player in international politics and some of us are Europeans. So let`s elaborate and reflect on it.

Email To A Company

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Global education allows you to get active. This is one of the activating methods with the focus on critical consumption.

Who Can Change Things...

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Participants reflect how the main sectors within society interact. The method gives an idea of to what extent the impact of a social initiative may depend on cooperation across sectoral borders.

Task: Start with "Why"

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Help your participants to describe their initiative starting with the impact (instead of the image or the activities).

Map your neighborhood

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Let your participants take a look at their neighborhood. They may draw, sketch, or paint a map and put in all relevant information.

Checklist: Crucial Questions

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The first step into a civil initiative. In the form of a checklist, work participants begin to answer questions regarding their personal perspective on civil involvement.

Checklist: Why do I get involved?

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A checklist for you and your team for finding out more about one another's motivations.

My motivation(s)

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Explore the diversity of motivations in yourself, in your participants, or in a team. Help to belance different or opposite motivations.

Ways to deal with internal criticism

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Criticism is the brother or sister of enthusiasm. However, sometimes it becomes overly destructive. This presents five ways to turn criticism into a constructive inner dialogue.


Project Impact on Community

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The activity aims at evaluating the outcomes that the projects have had on the community as well as enabling the participants to evaluate these outcomes from different perspectives.


 

 

Inspiring Handbooks and Resources by Others

  • Now Project Development Handbook
    by NOW Association Download

  • Initiative Cookbook
    Homemade Engagement. An Introduction to Project Management. Download

  • Change-oriented adult education in the fields of democracy and digitalization
    from the project FutureLabAE
    Download

  • Toolkit for Democracy and Human Rights
    by Human Rights Academy (HRA) Norway.
    Download

  • A Consensus Handbook
    Seeds for Change Network's tool for co-operative decision-making
    Download

  • Resource Mobilization Toolkit
    FRIDA's toolkit (not only) for girls, young women and trans youth
    Download

  • Networking for Entrepreneurship Education
    Guide to networking and collaboration by the EntreComp 360 project
    Download

  • td-net toolbox
    of the Swiss Academy of Sciences for developing projects, conducting research and exploring ways to impact in heterogeneous groups
    Online

  • Steps toward Action
    Empowerment for self-responsible initiative. Help your learners to discover their vision and to turn it into concrete civic engagement.
    Download

  • Let's Play Demo­cracy­baro­meter
    Learning democracy through analog card games by GIGA and demokrative
    Download

  • Participatory Method Toolkit
    A practitioners manual.
    Download

  • Toolkit European citizenship in youth work
    Toolkit 7 (revised) of Council of Europe
    Download

  • Have your say!
    Manual on the Revised Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life by CoE
    Download

  • Building our Citizen Muscle
    SALTO-Youth Participation, Diána Hajdu-Kis
    Planning youth participation projects Download

  • Seed for Change
    Tools addressing skills around civic competences
    Web

  • Game On
    A Practical Guide to Campaigning
    Download

  • Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
    IDEO's guide
    Download

  • Design Thinking for Educators
    by Riverdale Country School and IDEO
    Download

  • ENGAGE
    Learning democracy with children aged 8-12 by DARE network
    Download

  • Impact Management Toolbox
    by the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT
    Online

  • Development Impact & You
    Practical Tools to trigger and support social innovation
    Download

  • Community Tool Box
    Created by by University of Kansas
    Online


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Initiative Cookbook

Homemade Engagement. An Introduction to Project Management.

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