The objective of this manual is to support teachers and practitioners in Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE). It addresses key questions about EDC and HRE, including competences for democratic citizenship, the objectives and basic principles of EDC/HRE, and a whole school approach to education for democracy and human rights.The manual consists of three parts. Part I outlines the basic principles of EDC/HRE as far as they are helpful and meaningful for the practitioner. Part II gives guidelines and tools to design, support and assess the students' processes of constructivist and interactive learning. Part III provides toolboxes for teachers and students in EDC/HRE.The other volumes in this series offer concrete teaching models and materials in EDC/HRE for pupils from elementary to upper secondary level.
Introduction
1. The purpose of this manual
2. An outline of EDC/HRE
Part 1 - Understanding democracy and human rights
Unit 1 - What the concepts mean
1. Politics, democracy and democratic governance of schools
2. Children's rights and the right to education
Unit 2 - The key to a dynamic concept of citizenship
1. Challenges to the traditional model of citizenship
2. Political culture
Unit 3 - Educating for democracy and human rights
1. The three dimensions of EDC/HRE
2. HRE and its connection with EDC
3. Competences in EDC/HRE
4. "We create the world in our minds": constructivist learning in EDC/HRE
5. Professional ethics of EDC/HRE teachers: three principles
6. Key concepts in EDC/HRE
7. The method carries the message: task-based learning in EDC/HRE
8. A human rights-based approach to schooling
Unit 4 - Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education - A short history of the Council of Europe approach
1. Background
2. Outcomes of the EDC/HRE project
3. Practical instruments
Part 2 - Teaching democracy and human rights
Unit 1 - Conditions of teaching and learning
1. Introduction
2. Task and key questions for conditions of teaching and learning
Unit 2 - Setting objectives and selecting materials
1. Introduction
2. Task and key questions for setting objectives and selecting materials
Unit 3 - Understanding politics
1. Introduction: what must students learn?
2. Task and key questions to understand politics
Unit 4 - Guiding processes of learning and choosing forms of teaching
1. Introduction
2. Task and key questions for guiding processes of learning and choosing forms of teaching
Unit 5 - Assessment of students, teachers and schools
1. Introduction
2. Task and key questions for assessment of students, teachers and schools
Part 3 - Tools for teaching and learning democracy and human rights
Unit 1 - Toolbox for teachers
1. Introduction
Unit 2 - Toolbox for students
1. Introduction
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