Incorporating and evaluating transversal attitudes, skills and
knowledge for democracy into teaching
Incorporating and evaluating transversal attitudes, skills and
knowledge for democracy into teaching
A workshop based on Council of Europe Pestalozzi seminar on
TASKsJulie Gyftoula. MEd, Primary School English Teacher
QUIZ TIME7 May 194560 million peopleBelgium, Italy, UK, Germany,
France
47 CoE/28 EUthe Ode to Joy
5 May 1949
Council of Europe
democracy, respect for human rights and dignity, and the rule of
law.
OUR BIRTHDAY LINE
What attitudes, skills and knowledge were required for the
completion of the activity?
ACCEPTANCE OF THE OTHER READINESS TO ADOPT AN IDEAWILLINGNESS TO
TAKE PARTABILITY TO COMMUNICATEUNDERSTANDING OF RULES
A_DIV_1 Acceptance of diversity as a positive value for the
environment and the survival of humankind A_DIV_2 Disposition to be
empathetic to enhance living and acting together within society
A_DIV_3 Willingness to acknowledge other peoples feelings A_COOP_1
Readiness to be open-minded and curious A_COOP_2 Willingness to
work together with others and become actively involved A_COOP_3
Readiness to take responsibility and to be accountable for ones
actions and choicesS_DIV_1 Ability to communicate across all types
of borders and negotiate meaning S_DIV_2 Ability to discover facts
about other peoples beliefs and practices S_DIV_3 Aptitude to
elicit and respond to others beliefs, values and feelings, and
behaviour S_COOP_1 Ability to learn in a variety of ways from
participation in groups S_COOP_2 Ability to draw on others diverse
expertise and experience for the benefit of the groups workK_DIV_2
Understanding of the changing nature of identities and
culturesK_DIV_3 Understanding of the nature of empathy and
knowledge about how to develop it K_COOP_1 Understanding of the
roles and functions of social and political actors K_COOP_2
Understanding that every group has a power structure K_COOP_3
Understanding of how co-operation can support the prevention of
conflict, discrimination and violence
WHY TRANSVERSAL? with regard to different entry points such as
citizenship education, human rights education, language education
and also other school subjects they represent the components all
education professionals, whatever subject they might specialise in,
need to develop in themselves and contribute to developing in their
learners the head, the heart and the hands principle
Our curriculum is already very full; how can we incorporate
these themesinto what we already do?How can I implement the
development of TASKs in my context?Am I knowledgeable and skilful
enough to do this? practise what you preachthe medium is the
messageaddress the hidden curriculum parallel interaction
Activity profileDuration of activityMethods usedIntroductory
session: defining the area of interest, brainstorming, discussion
of the issues involved, signing a contract of good will and
cooperationPersonal expression and exchangeActivity 1 (Ice-breaking
activity) Try my shoes!50-60 minutesExperiential learningEmotional
involvementActivity 2 (Energiser) Knowing me, knowing you!40
minutes30 minutesActivity 3 (Energiser) Chain reaction20
minutesCreative expression of ideasActivity 4 (Main activity) My
anger portrait50 minutesArtistic expression and reflectionActivity
5 (Main activity) A communication collage80 minutesVisible
thinkingActivity 6 (Main activity) Ariadnes ball of string70
minutesExperiential learningTPRActivity 7 (Evaluation activity) Its
my party!25 minutesAnalysis and reflectionActivity 8 (Evaluation
activity) The friendship pie10 minutesProject workActivity 9
(Concluding activity/Game) The anti-bully race40 minutesGameClosing
session: debriefing, evaluation of the training unit30
minutesPersonal expression and exchange
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATIONassessment refers to judgments of
student performance, while evaluation refers to judgements of
programme or organisational effectiveness (OECD, 2005)
Formative assessment versus summative assessmentAlternative
assessmentTRAFFIC LIGHTSLEARNING DIARIESDIGITAL JOURNAL
KEEPINGRAINBOW TREE/BLOOMING TREE
MEASURE AND REFLECT THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING AND MASTERY OF
COMPETENCESPICTURES, MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS,DIAGRAMS
ACTIVITY ONE: BUILDING EMPATHY NameLevel of empathy (1-7) What
is on your mind? Strategy
ACTIVITY TWO: HOT BUTTONS/HOT SPOTSSELF
HOT BUTTON 1DESCRIPTIONRESPONSEHOT BUTTON 2
OTHER PERSON
HOT BUTTON 1DESCRIPTIONRESPONSEHOT BUTTON 2
ACTIVITY THREE: THE STRANGER
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