Guidelines for Teachers in Democratic Education
In keeping with the principles of lifelong learning and the need for continuous professional growth in an ever-changing world, QUEST presents its guidelines for teachers working in democratic schools.
Towards Participatory Education
Without meaningful participation, schools risk becoming environments of passive compliance rather than spaces of active engagement and growth.
CHOOSING EDUCATION AS EUROPE’S DEMOCRACY SHIELD
If the EU is serious about building resilient democratic societies, it must recognise
that education is the foundation.
Decolonizing Education: What Does It Mean to Decolonize the Curriculum?
The ongoing influence of what many scholars call coloniality: the lasting impact of colonial ways of thinking and organizing the world (Quijano, 2007). And one of the places where this shows up most clearly is in school curricula
Democratic Education in Schools
The DESC project (Democratic Education in Schools) was funded by the Erasmus+ funding KA2, and it started in February 2022. This three-year project has the objective to put in communication democratic schools and state schools from four countries, plus a university, a school network, in order to start a dialogue and offer training to the […]
YOUDEX
March 2025 – May 2026
IDEC@EUDEC International Democratic Education Conference 2025
1-7 August 2025
AI in Education : Navigating Opportunities and Risks in a Democratic Framework
The 21st century has brought us algorithms capable of organising our social interactions and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems so intelligent they could (almost) write this article. Unsurprisingly, when they get involved in the learning process, they meet with both enthusiast defenders and worried critics, while users, policymakers, educators and researchers face up to its disruptive […]
A protected democracy is a practiced one
How children’s participation in school can strengthen democracy in the EUA printable A5 leaflet Download For more information, please reach out to Martina Paone: [email protected]
Democratic education in public schools: is it possible?
*This article is a translation of the original article “Educazione democratica nella scuola pubblica, si può fare?”, published in the digital newspaper Italia che Cambia and can be read here Projects with innovative didactic and pedagogical proposals, focused on the enhancement of talents, practical skills, and contact with the natural world, are increasingly common. However, […]