Democracy education – Leibniz University Hannover

Scrabble “democracy, freedom, politics, education”, terminological representation of the spectrum of topics that make up “democracy education”

Freedom plays an important role in democracies. As central public education institutions, schools in particular are where students can acquire and reflect upon a fundamental understanding of democracy and freedom.

The education-related laws and curricula in the 16 federal states stipulate this. Additionally, for many years concepts for democracy education and democratic action have also been developed for school classrooms, everyday school life and beyond. A current question is therefore as follows: What is the state of democracy education at schools in the federal republic?

Porträtfoto von Dr. Wolfgang Beutel — Dr. Wolfgang Beutel

At the Institute of Didactics of Democracy, Prof. Dr. Dirk Lange and Dr. Wolfgang Beutel are currently working on an inventory of democracy education at schools and educational institutions in Germany. The goal is to provide an instrument, the “democracy education monitor”, which captures and presents the current status at regular intervals.

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