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It clarifies the meaning and goals of DCE and links them to global citizenship education, civic education, human rights education, and education for sustainable development. The text argues that DCE supports critical thinking about crises and strengthens democratic rights, responsibilities, and informed governance. 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Why have we prepared these guidelines?  \nThese recommendations have been put together for the guidance and reference of ESU’s membership of national student unions and student representatives mandated by point 2.3. b. of ESU’s Plan of Work 2019-2020 :  \n\"ESU should develop recommendations on what students can do to promote democratic citizenship education and to collaborate with academic staff in order to implement the concept of democratic citizenship education in their educational process. \"  \nStudent representatives have an important and influential role in the national and institutional governance (design, decision making and implementation) processes of educational policy, curriculum and assessment. We hope that these guidelines and recommendations provide the right tool to incentivise student-led advocacy efforts for the enhancement of democratic citizenship education in Europe.  \n2. What do we understand by Democratic Citizenship Education?  \nTo clarify, we consider that the goals of democratic citizenship education (DCE) are interrelated with those of global citizenship education, civic education, human rights education and education for sustainable development although they may differ in content and focus.  \nESU supports the definition of DCE from the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education:  \n“Education for democratic citizenship means education, training, awareness raising, information, practices and activities which aim, by equipping learners with knowledge, skills and understanding and developing their attitudes and behavior, to empower learners to exercise and defend their democratic rights and responsibilities in society, to value diversity and to play an active part in democratic life, with a view to the promotion and protection of democracy and the rule of law.”  \nThe Charter was adopted in May 2010 by the Committee of Ministers to member states of the Council of Europe within the framework of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)7 .  \n3. Why should we care to advocate for enhancing DCE?  \nDemocratic citizenship education does not only refer to content for formal education programs but also refers to the way that educators and learners interact with the democratic structures that govern our institutions and society. Furthermore, DCE also deals with empowering and engaging citizens to critically think about our impact on society and how to systematically resolve crises through democratic and informed choices.  \n... on the socio-economic, political and environmental crises:  \nWe live in a multicultural and globalised world. A world with growing inequality. Poverty is created and maintained through structural patterns of inequality and systematic extortion of the poorest in the world through unequal global trade and division of labour, as well as a long history of lack of investment in the areas, where the poorest live 1.  \nIn many countries around the globe, we are seeing similar trends: the rise of far-right and populist politics, toxic nationalism, euro-scepticism, defunct and non-responsive public institutions and rapid deterioration of the environment are some of the most striking problems we are currently facing2.  \n... on the COVID-19 crisis:  \n“The current pandemic represents a formidable global challenge to democracy. Authoritarian leaders around the world see the COVID-19 crisis as a new political battleground in their fight to stigmatize democracy as feeble and reverse its dramatic gains of the past few decades. Democracy is under threat, and people who care about it must summon the will, the discipline, and the solidarity ","cbCaibwmbGBdTZnk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibwmbGBdTZnk","pdf",1387110,12,"English","# Contents\n## Why have we prepared these guidelines?\n## What do we understand by Democratic Citizenship Education?\n## Why should we care to advocate for enhancing DCE?\n## What is the state of play for the implementation of DCE?\n## How can student representatives promote and support the implementation of DCE in higher education?","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of these DCE guidelines?\",\"answer\":\"They provide guidance and reference for ESU’s membership of national student unions and student representatives on promoting democratic citizenship education and collaborating with academic staff to implement it in educational processes.\"},{\"question\":\"How is Democratic Citizenship Education (DCE) defined in the guidelines?\",\"answer\":\"DCE is defined through the Council of Europe Charter, aiming to empower learners to exercise and defend democratic rights and responsibilities, value diversity, and play an active part in democratic life while promoting democracy and the rule of law.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is advocating for enhanced DCE important?\",\"answer\":\"Because DCE addresses not only formal education content but also how educators and learners interact with democratic structures, and it equips citizens to critically think about societal impact and resolve crises through democratic and informed choices.\"}]","Democratic Citizenship Education Guidelines - Purpose and Implementation in Higher Education | PDF",1792048080]