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Malta Workshop April 4-7, 2003

Malta Workshop April 4-7, 2003. Role of Political Education and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Background, Institutions, Legitimation and Aims of Political Education in Germany. Fachbereich Grundsatz. Historical Background.

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Malta Workshop April 4-7, 2003

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  1. Malta Workshop April 4-7, 2003 Role of Political Education and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Background, Institutions, Legitimation and Aims of Political Education in Germany

  2. Fachbereich Grundsatz Historical Background • Assumption: after nationalsocalist dictatorship, holocaust • and World War II the establishment of democratic struc- • tures in Germany would not be sufficient. The intro- • duction of a democratic system should be accompanied • by efforts in education. • Starting point: reeducation

  3. Fachbereich Grundsatz 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. Fachbereich Grundsatz 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. Fachbereich Grundsatz Responsibility of the State • Supporting a variety of pluralistic offers by 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. Fachbereich Grundsatz Guiding Principles of Public Political Education • Controversity • Prohibition of manipulation • Orientation to the subject

  7. Fachbereich Grundsatz 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. Fachbereich Grundsatz Competences of Active Citizens • cognitive competences • process oriented competences • Habitual Competences

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

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

  11. Fachbereich Grundsatz 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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