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The project aims to raise young people’s awareness of citizenship issues at the local, national and global levels, to develop their intercultural competence with a focus on language and communication for democratic citizenship, and increase their confidence in taking appropriate action for the protection of democratic principles and practices within their communities.
The project supports young people’s personal and professional development with a view to becoming active and responsible members of the community and the wider society through working with instructional materials on citizenship education.
The authors are a group of 8 Romanian teachers with experience in materials design and teacher training in human rights, citizenship and language education. They work under the guidance of a UK consultant.
The two sets of materials for use in educational classes (ore de consiliere si orientare) at upper secondary level have been published in December 2007.
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IMPREUNA, a book for Education for Democratic Citizenship which consists of student pages and notes for the teacher. |
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A CD-ROM that includes two sets of materials for education for democratic citizenship: TOGETHER- the English version and IMPREUNA -the Romanian version. |
The course is based on a framework for the development of citizenship competences conform with the Romanian curriculum for educational classes and with aspects of the National Curriculum for citizenship education in the UK.
The activities in each set help young people to develop democratic citizenship competences which are crucial for approaching confidently aspects of the 21st century: identity, learning to learn, learning to live together, responsibility towards personal well-being, personal and professional development, protection of the environment, social protection and sustainable development. Activities in the handbook are based on Articles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The set of materials include guidelines for the development of communication and language competences in a variety of democratic citizenship contexts.
This course targets, but is not restricted to, upper secondary students, aged 15-18. It is primarily designed for use in mainstream educational classes within the ‘Personal and Career guidance’ strand. It can also be used as part of school-based curriculum classes within the “Man and Society" and "Language and Communication" strands:
A series of training seminars for teachers using the education for democratic citizenship materials will follow the publication of Together.
For orders please contact Humanitas publishing house at:
Tel: 021-3112330 (Cartea prin Posta)
Tel: 021- 408 8350
Fax: 021- 4088351
For further details on the project please contact Ruxandra Popovici at ruxandra.popovici@britishcouncil.ro
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