Democratic Education for an Active Citizenship

<p>Democratic education has a double meaning: educating for democracy by exercising democracy, it is –at the same time– a goal and context of education. Public education should train future citizens to actively participating in the public sphere, without risk of exclusion. This includes ensuri...

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Main Author: Antonio Bolívar
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2016-06-01
Series:Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social
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Online Access:https://revistas.uam.es/riejs/article/view/4344
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description <p>Democratic education has a double meaning: educating for democracy by exercising democracy, it is –at the same time– a goal and context of education. Public education should train future citizens to actively participating in the public sphere, without risk of exclusion. This includes ensuring that all people acquire virtues, values and skills required in order to become participating citizens, and to insert socially. The article is an analysis and current review of what active citizenship and its construction means both in teaching and in the organizational culture of the school. Finally, it is emphasized that it is a matter to build local and social community. </p>
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spelling doaj.art-a76800f835bd4bb8935740b41da953332022-12-21T20:35:06ZspaUniversidad Autónoma de MadridRevista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social2254-31392016-06-01514006Democratic Education for an Active CitizenshipAntonio Bolívar0Universidad de Zaragoza - España<p>Democratic education has a double meaning: educating for democracy by exercising democracy, it is –at the same time– a goal and context of education. Public education should train future citizens to actively participating in the public sphere, without risk of exclusion. This includes ensuring that all people acquire virtues, values and skills required in order to become participating citizens, and to insert socially. The article is an analysis and current review of what active citizenship and its construction means both in teaching and in the organizational culture of the school. Finally, it is emphasized that it is a matter to build local and social community. </p>https://revistas.uam.es/riejs/article/view/4344educación democrática, ciudadanía activa, aprender ciudadanía, construcción comunitaria, participación.
spellingShingle Antonio Bolívar
Democratic Education for an Active Citizenship
Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social
educación democrática, ciudadanía activa, aprender ciudadanía, construcción comunitaria, participación.
title Democratic Education for an Active Citizenship
title_full Democratic Education for an Active Citizenship
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title_short Democratic Education for an Active Citizenship
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topic educación democrática, ciudadanía activa, aprender ciudadanía, construcción comunitaria, participación.
url https://revistas.uam.es/riejs/article/view/4344
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