Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies
β Scribed by Gerhard Himmelmann (auth.), Murray Print, Dirk Lange (eds.)
- Publisher
- SensePublishers
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 169
- Series
- Civic And Political Education 3
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Competences for Teaching, Learning and Living Democratic Citizenship....Pages 3-7
Citizenship and the Civic Realities of Everyday Life....Pages 9-21
What Does Democracy Need from its Citizens?....Pages 23-35
Competences for Democratic Citizenship in Europe....Pages 37-49
Civic Competences....Pages 51-63
Political Socialization, Civic Consciousness and Political Interest of Young Adults....Pages 65-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Learning βhow Society is and Might and Should be Arrangedβ....Pages 79-97
Teaching for Democratic Learning....Pages 99-109
Competencies, Stablization of the Democratic System, and Self-Empowerment....Pages 111-123
Using Critical Incidents for the Assessment of Citizenship Competence....Pages 125-148
Conceptualizing Competences for Democratic Citizenship....Pages 149-162
Back Matter....Pages 163-166
β¦ Subjects
Education (general)
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