Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies

Part I. Competences for Democratic Citizens

1. Competences for Teaching, Learning and Living Democratic Citizenship
Gerhard Himmelmann

2. Citizenship and the Civic Realities of Everyday Life
Jan W. Van Deth

3. What Does Democracy Need from its Citizens?
Bryony Hoskins

4. Competences for Democratic Citizenship in Europe
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5. Civic Competences
Jan Germen Janmaat

6. Political Socialization, Civic Consciousness and Political Interest of Young Adults
Dirk Lange, Holger Onken

Part II. Civic Education Applications and Programs

7. Learning “how Society is and Might and Should be Arranged”
Andreas Petrik

8. Teaching for Democratic Learning
Sibylle Reinhardt

9. Competencies, Stablization of the Democratic System, and Self-Empowerment
Béatrice Ziegler

10. Using Critical Incidents for the Assessment of Citizenship Competence
Herman J. Abs, Tina Pyka

11. Conceptualizing Competences for Democratic Citizenship
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Keywords: Education, Education (general)