4 Participation

4.5 Example 2: Characteristics of democratic schools (DeGeDe)

The German Society for Democracy (DeGeDe) believes that the school's mission statement should reflect participation and shared responsibility as the dominant guiding principles for the school's work and for school development. To this end, quality characteristics for democracy education have been developed, which can be used as a guide to realisation as a school development tool. [German Society for Democracy Education (DeGeDe, 2017). Characteristics of democratic education schools. A catalogue. Retrieved from https://www.degede.de/mediathek/katalog-merkmale-demokratiepaedagogischer-schulen.]

Figure 9: Characteristics for democracy education (DeGeDe)