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The Handbook "Democracy, Its Importance and Our Local Communities as Democratic Societies" is based on Learning, Teaching, Training Activity (LTTA) organized as part of the project "Do you know Your Democracy".
This Handbook is intended for youth workers, educators and teachers with concrete workshops on topics of democracy. The main aims are: To provide participants detailed understanding of various types of democracy; To encourage participants to understand different democratic structures and promote cooperative learning and creativity; To explore how electioneering works, focusing on rights and responsibilities connected with democracy; To engage participants in understanding the concept of youth participation through role-play and discussion; To explore and understand the concept of the Rule of
Law; to help young people understand what discrimination is and how it harms individuals and society; to empower participants to
develop facilitation skills related to democracy and
youth leader competencies.
This handbook is based on the Learning, Teaching, Training Activity (LTTA) "Democracy, Its
Importance and Our Local Communities as Democratic Societies" organized as part of the project
"Do you know Your De¡mocracy".
The LTTA "Democracy, Its Importance and Our Local Communities as Democratic Societies" was
based on non-formal education and learning-by-doing methods. The activity provided participants to shape their learning expectations and outcomes while exploring their limits and potential. It focused on enhancing the competencies of youth workers, educators, and teachers in topics such as democracy and its’ meaning, democracy in utopia and democracy in reality, grassroots activism, democratic values, building democratic communities, the importance of democracy, democracy in local communities, what young people can do for more democratic societies, EU, and democratic values.
The handbook is developed in the form of 10 educational workshops that were tackled during the
LTTA activity and improved based on the feedback from youth workers. Additionally, sessions on
introduction, team-building, and evaluation of educational activities are included to assist trainers
in implementing these sessions in various learning environments, whether international or local.
We hope this material will serve as a valuable resource for youth workers, educators, and
teachers. It can be a starting point for developing new projects and ideas or a tool for organizing
educational sessions on democracy and democratic engagement.
SALTO cannot be held responsible for the inappropriate use of these training tools. Always adapt training tools to your aims, context, target group and to your own skills! These tools have been used in a variety of formats and situations. Please notify SALTO should you know about the origin of or copyright on this tool.
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/4548
This tool addresses
Youth Democracy projects
The tool was created by
NGO Next Generation
The tool has been experimented in
Training; local communities workshops
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Irena Polić (on 21 November 2024)
and last modified
12 November 2024
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