Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education

Based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) and Human Rights Education, and in collaboration with a team of international researchers and experts, this course will enable you to:

• Build expertise on concepts related to citizenship education, democratic culture, diversity and intercultural dialogue
• Lead discussions on contemporary and controversial issues
• Foster ethical discussion in the classroom
• Be creative and experimental with teaching methods
• Support the development of democratic culture in your professional environment 

As part of your course, you'll study:

• The principles of education for democratic citizenship and human rights education
• Development and practical implementation of appropriate curricula for education for democratic citizenship
• Political and social dimensions of formal education
• Culture, identity, diversity, pluralism and intercultural dialogue in education
• Student voice, democratic engagement and participation in education
• Pedagogies, teaching and assessment methods in citizenship education
• Cross-curricular implementation of citizenship education
  
  

Once you have found the course you want to study in our online prospectus you will then click on the ‘Apply Now’ button located at the top of the online course page.

You will be asked to create an account on our application portal and complete your application via your Leeds Beckett account. Once you have submitted your application you should receive a decision in due course. The exception to this is if the course you have applied for has a closing date specified. In this case, we will wait until the closing date has passed before we contact you.