World Movement for Democracy - Civic Education for Democracy

What's Being Done On . . . Civic Education for Democracy ?

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Teaching Civic Education In School and Out

Online Publications

Links to Civic Education Groups

Democracy Education in Difficult Cultural and Political Environments

Interview with David McQuoid-Mason, member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Natal in South Africa, and participant in the World Movement

Interview with Cynthia Gabriel, Executive Director of Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), and participant in the World Movement

World Movement Participants Database - Search for more information about groups working on democracy and civic education.

PUBLICATIONS ON CIVIC EDUCATION

Methodology/teaching:

"Be An Active Citizen," by IFES
www.ifes.ge/files/pr_activities.htm

"Can Democracy Be Taught? Adult Civic Education, Civil Society and the Development of Democratic Political Culture," by Steven E. Finkel
http://www.wmd.org/documents/Finkel.doc

"Citizenship and Education in Twenty-Eight Countries: Civic Knowledge and Engagement at Age Fourteen" by Judith Torney-Purta, Rainer Lehmann, Hans Oswald, and Wolfram Schulz
www.wam.umd.edu/~iea/orderform.pdf

"Civic Education for a Democratic Citizenry"
www.civnet.org/journal/journal_frameset.htm

"Civic Update," National Democratic Institute's (NDI) Newsletter
www.accessdemocracy.org/library/1519_citpart_update_110102.pdf

"Civic Education for Constitutional Democracy: An International Perspective," ERIC Digest
www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed390781.html

"Developing Curriculum for Democracy through International Partnerships" by Gregory E. Hamot
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Essdc/intlprtnrdig.htm

"Project Citizen," Center for Civic Education
www.civiced.org/articles_branson99.html

"Education for Democratic Citizenship", Center for Civic Education
www.civiced.org/framework_doc.html#one

"Global Trends in Civic Education"
http://www.civiced.org/articles_indonesia.html

"A Guide to the Index of Civic and Political Engagement"
www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/IndexGuide.pdf

"Teaching Democracy" (University of Pennsylvania)
www.teachingdemocracy.org/about_us/#one

The Civic Education Project (CEP) (Northwestern University)
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/cep

Democracy Education in Difficult Cultural and Political Environments:

Education for Democracy/International Program, American Federation of Teachers
www.aft.org/publications/on_campus/dec02_jan03/spec_rept.html

Guiding Polish Students Along Democracy's Road
www.changemakers.net/journal/98sept/owad.cfm

HREA Citizenship Education in Latin America
www.hrea.org/pubs/IDB-monograph/civics.pdf

Challenges to Civic Education Remain in Central Asia
www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav101402.shtml

IFES Voter and Civic Education Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.ifesbih.org/

Political Education and Electoral Rights (PEER) - Middle East
www.ibnkhaldun.org/newsletter/1998/sep/notes2.html

"The Role of Education in Promoting Cuba's Integration into International Society"
http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/asce/pdfs/volume12/gomez.pdf

Youth Action Campaign in Moldova and Ukraine
www.streetlaw.org/newsletter/spring-summer_03/moldova.html

Journals

Asia Pacific Journal of Education (2000)

Cambridge Journal of Education (2003)

European Journal of Education (2002)

International Journal of Social Education

About "What's Being Done On . . . "

For three months at a time, we highlight the activities of various organizations in different global regions, and links to important resources, that are focused on a particular theme or area of democracy work. Each new theme is announced via DemocracyNews, and the information from the previous installment is placed in the archives below. We hope to receive and post information about the work you or others may be doing that is focused on these issues. Send information via e-mail to the or by fax to (202) 378-9889.