What is it about?

The paper is about democratic competences, a conception developed by the Council of Europe, but further developed in this paper and contextualized w.r.t. democratic theories and school work.

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Why is it important?

This approach may help teachers and educators to make democracy more tangible to work with in schools and other educational settings.

Perspectives

I think this paper, and the approach in general, both our's and that of the Council of Europe, may help to engage with democracy in a practical way.

Ólafur Páll Jónsson
University of Iceland

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This page is a summary of: Educating democracy: Competences for a democratic culture, Education Citizenship and Social Justice, November 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1746197919886873.
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