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Education for Democratic Citizenship

Values Vs Process

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Book cover Schools, Curriculum and Civic Education for Building Democratic Citizens

Part of the book series: Civic and Political Education ((CIEDV,volume 2))

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One target of the International Citizenship Education Symposium at the Leibniz University Hannover was to compare different approaches towards Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) in a range of democratic countries. Besides the question of where Education for Democratic Citizenship might best be applied (in formal or non-formal education? In individual school subjects, or as part of a new perspective on teaching and learning in general?), EDC looked how this could be done. A recurring issue in the discussions were the differing opinions on whether EDC is mainly based on communicating and living democratic processes and practices, or if it is based on teaching and living democratic values and attitudes.

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  1. Jürgen Menthe
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  1. University of Sydney, Australia

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  2. Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

    Dirk Lange

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Menthe, J. (2012). Education for Democratic Citizenship. In: Print, M., Lange, D. (eds) Schools, Curriculum and Civic Education for Building Democratic Citizens. Civic and Political Education, vol 2. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-167-2_6

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