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Developing a Curriculum for Democracy In and Through Education

Developing a Curriculum for Democracy In and Through Education. Matthew Hiebert January 17, 2013. Project Basics. “Advancing Education for Democracy with the Community of Democracies” Purpose: To develop an education for democracy curriculum Partners

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Developing a Curriculum for Democracy In and Through Education

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  1. Developing a Curriculum for Democracy In and Through Education Matthew Hiebert January 17, 2013

  2. Project Basics “Advancing Education for Democracy with the Community of Democracies” • Purpose: To develop an education for democracy curriculum • Partners • MFAT Mongolia, Office of Community of Democracies Presidency • DFAIT Canada, Global Peace and Security Fund • MoE Mongolia • Agriteam Canada

  3. Conceptual Approach The Basis for the Curriculum Framework

  4. Conceptual Approach

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  10. Conceptual Approach Conventional Approach

  11. Conceptual Approach

  12. Conceptual Approach

  13. Conceptual Approach

  14. Conceptual Approach Content • explicit • direct Context • tacit • indirect

  15. Conceptual Approach

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  17. Conceptual Approach

  18. Curriculum Objectives Learning what, how to, to be, and together

  19. Curriculum Objectives • Education for democracy versus education about democracy • Conventional Curricula • Knowledge • Skills • (Attitudes) • Issues in Education for Democracy • KSAs are insufficient • Content-focused curricula do little to support actual civic engagement • Need to go beyond individual learning

  20. Curriculum Framework

  21. Curriculum Framework

  22. Curriculum Framework

  23. Curriculum Framework

  24. Curriculum Framework • Political Systems and Government • Culture and Society • Rights and Responsibilities • Issues and Current Affairs

  25. Curriculum Framework • Critical Thinking • Systems Thinking • Critical Literacy and Communication • Working Through Ambiguity • Conflict Resolution

  26. Curriculum Framework

  27. Curriculum Framework • Autonomy • Justice and Care • Integrity • Reciprocity • Local and Global Citizenship • Reasonableness • Mutual Civic Respect • Civic Engagement

  28. Curriculum Framework

  29. Curriculum Framework • Sense of Connectedness • Democratically Engaged Teachers • School and Community Partnerships • Parental and Community Involvement • Democratic School Governance

  30. Curriculum Framework • EfD Curriculum Framework Learning Outcomes: • Knowledge (learning about) • Skills (learning how to) • Dispositions (learning to be) • School Outcomes (learning together)

  31. Populating the Curriculum Providing Content and Creating Democratic Experiences

  32. Curriculum Content

  33. Curriculum Content:Education AboutDemocracy • What democracy is • How democracy works • Arguments for and against democracy • Cultivating and enhancing democracy • The global context of democracy

  34. Curriculum Content:Potential Themes and Issues • Transparency • Accountability • Corruption • Independent media • Judicial independence • Discrimination • Gender equality • Minority peoples • Indigenous rights • Culture and traditions • Rule of law • Environmental sustainability • Sovereignty • War and peace • Colonialism • Resource extraction • Urbanization, migration, immigration • Public health • Human rights • Social justice • Racism • Sexism • Poverty • Religious tolerance • Disparities • Patriotism, nationalism, populism • Modernization • Westernization • Persons with disabilities • Tolerance • Multiculturalism, pluralism

  35. Curriculum Content:Potential Themes and Issues

  36. Curriculum Content:Potential Themes and Issues

  37. Curriculum Content: • Education About Democracy • What democracy is • How democracy works • Arguments for and against democracy • Cultivating and enhancing democracy • The global context of democracy • Potential Themes and Issues • Environment • Human rights • Gender • Minorities, marginalization, and discrimination • Poverty • War, conflict, and violence • Globalization • Migration and immigration • Corruption and abuse of power

  38. Context as Curriculum

  39. Context as Curriculum:Creating Experiences

  40. Context as Curriculum:Creating Experiences

  41. Context as Curriculum:Creating Experiences

  42. Putting Everything Together

  43. Putting Everything Together

  44. Putting Everything Together

  45. Conclusions Summary of Distinctive Aspects of the Curriculum Framework

  46. Conclusions • Distinctive Features of Education for Democracy: A Curriculum Framework • Balanced focus on content and context (experience) • Emphasizes dispositions rather than knowledge and skills • Goes beyond individual outcomes, to highlight collective educational goals • Aims to give guidance on how, not just what to educate for democracy • Is consistent with quality education in general, and is not “something else”

  47. Next Steps • Circulation and finalization of the curriculum framework • Applications of the framework… • Policy development in education reform • Teacher education and training on democracy • School leadership and school initiatives • National curriculum development in civics and beyond

  48. Thank you Matthew Hiebert matthewh@agriteam.ca

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