Project DeCiTeL: Democratic Citizenship Teaching and Learning

The Democratic Citizenship Teaching and Learning (DeCiTeL) project aims to improve teacher education policies and practices across Europe. A collaboration between higher education institutions, formal and non-formal citizenship education providers and European networks, it will develop and trial innovative teacher training methods and provide teachers with authentic international learning experiences.

2025-2027

The project enhances the EU dimension of teacher education by proposing common curriculum elements, learning modules and methodological resources.

Particular focus will be given to strengthening teachers’ ability to teach the civic dimension, participation, and democratic competence, which are important key competences in times of polarisation, global change, and the challenges facing democratic societies.

As sustainable civic learning should involve the entire school community, including parents, community groups, and NGOs, in the spirit of the ‘whole school approach‘ (WSA), the partners also consider democracy-related learning to be a collaborative task for teachers.

Goals
1) To create the conditions for a sustainable Teacher Academy Alliance;
2) To develop a framework of teachers competences; 
3) To collaboratively develop learning modules and lessons plans;                      
4) To develop and distribute a toolkit for the creation of Urban Learning Ecosystems; 
5) To study and test ways to quickly upscale good practice through existing teachers training networks; 
6) To document and systemically evaluate the innovative practice generated in partner schools

To create the basis for sustainable change, the project will bridge the gap between teaching and policy at local and European levels. Through its initial work on establishing a Teachers Alliance Network, the project aims to contribute to a framework for the exchange of good practices, methods, and tools across national and curricular boundaries.
The project is coordinated by Boğaziçi University (TR) in cooperation with 11 partners.

Updates

Interested in results and insights? Send an email to decitel@dare-network.eu

More in Social Media

• DeCiTeL on Instagram
• DeCiTeL on LinkedIn

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Partners

• Boğaziçi University (Coordinator)
• Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe (DARE network)
• Laboratori per l’educazione che ispira la pace
• European Parents’ Association EPA
• HoGent, Gent
• University of Ioannina
• Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU)
• Université Côte d’Azur
• University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE)
• Universitatea Politehnica Bucuresti
• Wiener Forum für Demokratie und Menschenrechte – Zentrum polis
• Molassana and Prato Comprehensive Institute

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Co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union (Erasmus + Teacher Academy)