polis aktuell – the journal of Zentrum polis
The journal is published digitally and in printed form. On 16 to 24 pages, topics of civic education are prepared for teachers. Under the link you can download polis aktuell …
Column – International
Starting with issue V/2021, a column by the Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights will appear in each subsequent issue of International. Below you can read or download the …
Resilience Against Anti-Democratic Tendencies through Education.
Since the beginning of the millennium, democracy around the world has been confronted with extraordinary challenges. The number of democratic states has been declining since 2005, and even within established democracies, their quality is declining (as observed by Freedom House, 2019). Many countries face anti-democratic, authoritarian tendencies.
polis Annual Report 2021
The annual report offers an insight into the wide-ranging work of Zentrum polis. The Corona pandemic was and is omnipresent, so in 2021, among other things, a polis aktuell on public health and a dossier on vaccination and compulsory vaccination were published.
Teacher Reflection Tool
In order to develop a democratic culture of teaching and learning in a school, teachers need more than just subject-matter expertise for their subjects. This self-reflection guide is intended to support educators in developing their own competences in relation to a democratic culture and a “democratic professional ethos”.
Citizenship education podcast for teachers
The podcast series “Right & Wrong” tackles social controversies that move and polarize within the classroom.
Crises and inequality
polis aktuell 6/2021 gives an overview of the manifold interchange between crises and social inequality.
Competences for Democratic Culture in the Non-Formal Educational Sector
This edition of the DARE BLUE LINES series presents results and recommendations of the NECE focus group Competences for Democratic Culture.
Happy Birthday, polis!
In 2021, polis – the Austrian Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. On this occasion the centre is issuing a new brochure. As polis is concerned …
NECE Focus Group on Competences for Democratic Culture. Final Report
From January 2019 to December 2020, a focus group of the NECE network piloted the reference framework of competences for democratic culture of the Council of Europe in seven projects. The group …