This unit is based on exploring what the students already know about democracy, thus helping them to engage in metacognitive process around this theme. It then elaborates and benefits from the diversity of knowledge and experiences that different students have. In coherence with the idea of democracy as a participatory process, the unit promotes the active participation of the students in its different steps. In other words, introducing the theme of democracy in a democratic way.
The unit, developed within the Pestalozzi Programme, can be used at the pre- or in-service training of teachers of secondary education and also College or University levels.
To cite this resource: Hunnes, O. R. (2012). EDC in community and everyday life. In M. A. García López (Ed.), Core competences in Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC). The Pestalozzi Programme, Council of Europe.
