Embedding a Democratic Culture Dimension in Teacher Education Programmes

To develop a framework to integrate the Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC) into primary teacher education programmes of the participating countries and of other European countries.

Specific Objectives:
-to evaluate how the democratic culture dimension is embedded within primary teacher education policy and practice of the participating countries.
-to identify initial primary teacher education policy frameworks that facilitate the integration of the democratic culture dimension into primary teacher education programmes.
-to set up and develop a database of good initial teacher education practices that would help teachers to embed the democratic culture dimension into their educational practices.
-to put forward recommendations relating to teaching policy and practice on integrating the democratic culture dimension into initial primary teacher education.
-to develop resources such as teaching resources and MOOCs for pre-service and in-service training on how to integrate Competences for Democratic Culture (CDC) into primary teacher education practice.