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Role of Political Education and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming Implementation

Role of Political Education and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming Implementation. Background, Institutions, Legitimation and Aims of Political Education in Germany. Historical Background.

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Role of Political Education and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming Implementation

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  1. Role of Political Education and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Background, Institutions, Legitimation and Aims of Political Education in Germany

  2. Historical Background • Assumption: after nationalsocalist dictatorship, holocaust and World War II the establishment of democratic structures in Germany would not be sufficient. The introduction of a democratic system should be accompanied by efforts in education. • Starting point: re-education

  3. Institutions Providing Political Education in Germany • Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)(founded in 1952: „To spread the democratic and european thought“) • Agencies of Federal States (independent from federal agency in the responsibility of the federal states)

  4. Institutions Providing Political Education in Germany • Churches • Trade Unions • Political Foundations • Institutions established by social movements • women´s movement • peace movement • ecological movement etc. • Volkhighschools • Initiatives etc.

  5. Responsibility of the State • Supporting a variety of pluralistic offersby providing financial support (i.e. by the federal agency and agencies of the federal states) • Providing seminars and material(by federal agency and agencies of the federal states) • to multipliers of other institutions • to the citizens

  6. Guiding Principles of Public Political Education • Controversity • Prohibition of manipulation • Orientation to the subject

  7. Aims and Legitimation of Political Education • democracy can not be taken for granted • democracy needs responsible, autonomous, politically mature and active citizens. • democratic societies do not necessarily produce responsible, autonomous, politically mature and active citizens.

  8. Competences of Active Citizens • cognitive competences • process oriented competences • Habitual Competences

  9. Politically Mature Citizens • competent observer • intervening citizen • active citizen

  10. Reasons for Increasing Importance of Political Education • Recent international crises • European Processes • European Convention • Europe as a region of LLL

  11. Position of Educational Tools in the Framework of Political/Civic Education • issue of GM and GMI is a political issue • skills/abilities that empower to participate • skills/abilities that rise understanding for political context • Promotion of values/changing of mentality • Relation Gender-Power

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