Education for Democratic Citizenship is a subject that has achieved significant prominence and interest within the Council of Europe and individual member states. The resulting increase has led to the widening of the debate and the inclusion on new partners in the field. This glossary is offered as a tool to support the promotion of EDC policy in member States.
Authors: Karen O’Shea
Education for Democratic Citizenship (within this glossary the term EDC will be used) isa subject that has achieved significant prominence and interest within the Council ofEurope and individual member states. The resulting increase has led to the widening ofthe debate and the inclusion on new partners in the field. A significant number of thesenew partners play an important role in promoting EDC at a policy level. Some of thesenew partners are not as familiar with the nuances of meaning that underpin many of theterms commonly used within discussion and debates on EDC. This glossary therefore isoffered as a tool to support the promotion of EDC policy in member States.
It is beyond the scope of this glossary to include the full range of terms associated withEDC. The terms chosen reflect current thinking within a number of Council of Europedocuments. They are not offered as strict definitions but rather as short explorations ofthe term and its relationship to EDC.
The glossary includes thirty-one terms and is divided into three sections, namely,
Core concepts
Processes and practices of EDC
Outcomes of EDC.
Thus the glossary seeks to offer the reader an introductory framework and pathwaythrough the significant terms associated with EDC.