Research report: Democratic Education in Nature

DEN (Democratic Education in Nature) is a European project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 2 – Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices). The duration of the project is of 15 months, from 01/04/2022 to 31/06/2023.

Responding to the needs of offering innovative pedagogical experiences promoting children’s environmental stewardship, active citizenship and promotion of inner motivation and talents, the project has the ambition to systematise and disseminate a new developing approach that bridges Nature Pedagogy with Democratic Education. Having the partners of the project a long-term experience in this domain, they promoted a research on this approach and its application, a series of workshops and guidelines for schools.

DEN is implemented by two Democratic Schools in Nature: Albero della Tuscia (Italy) and Playa Escuela (Spain) and by an European Education Network, QUEST (Belgium).

The DEN project has therefore the General Objective (GO) of putting forward a new developing approach that bridges Nature Pedagogy with Democratic Education (DEN).

For more information, please reach out to Martina Paone: [email protected]

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