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Through its activities, standards and tools developed in this field, the Council of Europe encourages its member States to provide equitable, quality education whereby all learners acquire the competencies, values, culture and knowledge essential for ensuring social integration and intercultural openness. Activities ranging from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, to projects such as the Quality Education in Romani for Europe, the development of a Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture and the support provided by the Education Policy Advisors Network to effective implementation of Council of Europe education standards are just some of its stepping stones for achieving equitable, quality primary and secondary education that leads to relevant and effective learning outcomes in line with the values and culture of human rights and democratic citizenship.
ActivitiesA Curriculum Framework for Digital Citizenship Education
Empowering young citizens in the digital age
Introducing an important new resource for digital citizenship education – an essential tool for empowering young citizens in the digital era. Designed for educational professionals, this resource offers an easy and effective way to integrate digital citizenship education into school curriculum.
A flexible tool
Featuring 320 exemplar learning outcomes, arranged by age group and digital domain, the DCE Planner is a dynamic tool with the flexibility to meet the needs of a variety of educational professionals – teachers, school leaders, teacher educators, administrators and policy makers. Through accessible language and a simple structure, it enables teachers to create meaningful learning experiences for students. School leaders can draw on it to decide school priorities. Teacher educators can use it to plan professional development, and administrators to monitor educational outcomes. Policy makers can look to it for direction on addressing current educational challenges arising from the way digitalisation is impacting society, human rights and democracy.
Citizenship education for the digital age
The DCE Planner isn’t just about integrating elements of digital citizenship into school programmes – it’s about creating an agreed vision of the issues citizens need to explore to successfully navigate the challenges of the digital age. The clarity of its vision ensures that educators focus on teaching of key principles, such as ethical behaviour, rights and responsibilities, critical thinking and democracy, in a cohesive and impactful way. Its clear goals and emphasis on active participation help educators build learners’ confidence, enabling them to take control of their online experiences and play their part
in shaping the digital environment.
Simple to use
Whatever your interest, using the DCE Planner is simple. You just select the outcomes appropriate for your situation, and adapt, arrange or elaborate them further to suit your needs.
Available now
This resource is available now for immediate download or interactive use online. If you find it useful, you may also be interested in playing a part in developing it further in the future. Join us today to help empower the next generation of digital citizens.
Download the DCE Planner - Learning outcomes (Also available in Catalan, French, Georgian, Icelandic, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian).
Download the Learning outcomes.
Download the full text of the DCE Planner publication.
Language of schooling
Languages of schooling are taught as subjects in their own right (literacy, reading, writing, literature, thinking about language, etc.) but also used for the teaching of other subjects (maths, biology, history, geography etc.).
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