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The Council of Europe reports that although the number of democracies continues to grow, democratic rights and institutions are on the decline. In both new and old democracies, there is a need to build and sustain democratic values, encouraging active civil society and reflective democratic citizens.
For Democracy Week 2024 at Agder University, the Erasmus+ Project ValiDe and the UDFORSK Centre welcome you welcome you to participate in a seminar that aims to highlight what role education can play in promoting democratic values and counteracting antidemocratic attitudes.
Programme
09.00 Welcome
09.10 Presentation of ValiDE: Values in Democratic Education
Mareike Brehmer og Kristin Endresen-Maharaj (University of Agder)
09.30 Keynote: Critical Democratic Citizenship Education,
Wiel Veugelers (emeritus, Utrecht University)
10.30: Break
10.45: Papers
Democracy and early childhood,
Lisbeth Ljosdal Skreland and Tale Steen-Johnsen (University of Agder)
Emancipation or disempowerment: a critical perspective on the concept of democratic participation in the Norwegian core curriculum,
Alexander Elmies-Vestergren (University of Agder)
Including children with selective mutism in mainstream schools and kindergartens - possibilities and challenges,
Heidi Omdal (University of Agder)
Playful citizenship: Democratic living and children’s citizenship in primary school,
Lene Cherize Haugland Sirevåg (University of Agder)
12.05 Lunch
13.00 Keynote: Right-wing radicalism and resurgence in Europe
Elisabetta Cassina Wolff (University of Oslo)
14.00: Papers
Troubled pasts and hopes for the future: Media in declining democracies in Europe. Insights and innovations from two Horizon Europe projects,
Abit Hoxha and Kenneth Andresen (University of Agder)
Donald Trump’s authoritarian tendencies and the fragility of American democracy,
Alf Tomas Tønnessen (University of Agder)
Teachers’ historical consciousness and sense of democratic agency,
Georg Kristoffer Berg Fjalsett (University of Agder and Arkivet Peace and Human Rights Centre)
15.00: Break
Religion and Citizenship in Norwegian Public School Education,
Pål Ketil Botvar (University of Agder)
Technology makes us more human? Critical perspectives on the use of AI in education,
Greta Marthinussen (University of Agder)
Exploring teachers’ approaches to polarization tendencies in student groups, Aslaug Kristiansen, Kristin Endresen-Maharaj and Åse Haraldstad (University of Agder)
16.15: Summary and closing
Kontaktperson:
- inger.m.dalehefte@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 11 95
- nils.h.korsvoll@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 14 13