Active Citizenship Education
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. Active Citizenship Education facilitates the knowledge and competencies necessary to involve people in societal discussions and decision-making processes in a democratic way.
"Democratic way" implies that there is a normative core. The Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education defines this precisely:
"Education for democratic citizenship” means education, training, awareness-raising, information, practices, and activities which aim, by equipping learners with knowledge, skills and understanding and developing their attitudes and behaviour, to empower them to exercise and defend their democratic rights and responsibilities in society, to value diversity and to play an active part in democratic life, with a view to the promotion and protection of democracy and the rule of law." [1]
Working on Concepts
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References
- Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Beutelsbach Consence on the common standards in civic education in Germany (more to the background in German).
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