60 activities to learn and assess transversal attitudes, skills and knowledge!
TASKs for democracy is a handbook of 60 activities, developed within the Council of Europe Pestalozzi Programme Community of Practice, for practitioners in formal and non-formal educational settings to learn and assess the attitudes, skills, values and knowledge needed to support democratic culture.
Democratic culture is more than institutions, laws and procedures. While essential elements of democracy, they do not in themselves make societies democratic: they only work when rooted in what we call “democratic culture” or “a culture of democracy”, the set of attitudes and behaviours required to make democratic institutions and democratic laws function in practice.
Competences for democratic culture are therefore essential for building the kind of society in which we would like to live.
This 2nd edition of TASKs for democracy supports the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture endorsed by the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education in April 2016.
This publication aims to help build European societies characterised by a culture of democracy and human rights. This is a formidable task and it can only be achieved if European teachers and trainers rise to the challenge with competence and enthusiasm. The collection of learning and “re-learning” activities will support them to promote the development of competences for a democratic culture in their day-to-day educational practice.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
FOREWORD
Josef Huber, series editor
INTRODUCTION
Ildikó Lázár and Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard
PART ONE – PRINCIPLES AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES
Transversal attitudes, skills and knowledge (TASKs) – What are they and why are they important?
Ildikó Lázár
How to integrate TASKs in everyday practice
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard
How does co-operative learning contribute to the prevention of discrimination and violence in schools?
Ferenc Arató
PART TWO – TOOLBOX
Learning and training activities
Ildikó Lázár and Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard
On the importance of debriefing: a sample activity described in detail
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard
Activities 1-6 – 15-25 minutes
Activities 7-11 – 30-45 minutes
Activities 12-20 – 60 minutes
Activities 21-26 – 90 minutes
Activities 27-36 – 120 minutes
Activities 37-41 – 150 minutes
Activities 42-50 – 180 minutes
Activities 51-54 – Session evaluation activities
Activities for recognising learning with regard to developing democratic competences
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard
FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
60 activities to learn and assess transversal attitudes, skills and knowledge!
TASKs for democracy is a handbook of 60 activities, developed within the Council of Europe Pestalozzi Programme Community of Practice, for practitioners in formal and non-formal educational settings to learn and assess the attitudes, skills, values and knowledge needed to support democratic culture.
Democratic culture is more than institutions, laws and procedures. While essential elements of democracy, they do not in themselves make societies democratic: they only work when rooted in what we call “democratic culture” or “a culture of democracy”, the set of attitudes and behaviours required to make democratic institutions and democratic laws function in practice.
Competences for democratic culture are therefore essential for building the kind of society in which we would like to live.
This 2nd edition of TASKs for democracy supports the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture endorsed by the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education in April 2016.
This publication aims to help build European societies characterised by a culture of democracy and human rights. This is a formidable task and it can only be achieved if European teachers and trainers rise to the challenge with competence and enthusiasm. The collection of learning and “re-learning” activities will support them to promote the development of competences for a democratic culture in their day-to-day educational practice.
