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.
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Democratic Citizenship Education
Active Citizenship Education facilitates the knowledge and competencies necessary to involve people in societal discussions and decision-making processes in a democratic way. 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]
UNESCO
In different countries and organizations there are other terms in use, most often "civic education" or "citizenship education". The UNESCO defines citizenship education in the core as the development of "civic skills", especially
- A willingness to investigate issues in the local, school and wider community.
- A readiness to recognise social, economic, ecological and political dimensions of issues needed to resolve them.
- The ability to analyse issues and to participate in action aimed at achieving a sustainable future.
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Methods: Reflecting Democracy
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Methods: 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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