Project "Education for Democracy”

The Republic of Moldova started the democracy development only after collapse of USSR in 1991. Since that time the democratic traditions didn't settle down in the Moldovan society.

The success of the democracy development depends on the principles of democracy, which should change the minds of the citizens. Only if each generation will share the democratic values and understand the significance of democracy, this form of government will be successful and stable.

In order to find out how democracy works we should study it. The evidence of the important role of democracy learning is the fact that totalitarian and authoritarian regimes try to establish the control over the information that is transferred to students in educational institutions and via the mass media. Nevertheless, the absence of the totalitarian government does not create in itself the steady democracy. Democracy cannot automatically teach people democratic values. That is why we should take into account education for democracy as an important matter.

The aim of the project is to contribute to the development of young people into initiative and responsible citizens, familiar with the principles of democracy and capable to appreciate this form of governing.

The objectives of the project: to train the teachers in modern methods of teaching democratic values for letting them use all the knowledge in their work at schools and in higher institutions of Moldova;  to make easier the formation of democratic ideals and values for the teachers who got used to the totalitarian governing because only the teachers who share democratic ideals will be able to teach democracy effectively to their learners; to promote the further youth's understanding of their role and the significance of democracy.

The activity: the elaboration and publication of method recommendations for the teachers from high schools and higher educational institutions; the organization of the learning courses, distance-learning course, round tables, seminars, the publication in mass media in the Republic of Moldova four articles.

The result of the project is the youth's development of democratic views, stimulation of their civil activity. Also, the teachers will overcome the drawbacks of the left Soviet education. The teachers of high and higher schools of Moldova will mould the knowledge about the methods of education for democracy in order to use this knowledge in their pedagogical activity. It will promote strengthening the youth's loyalty to democracy and their fostering of democratic values. It will contribute to the formation of a social class based on the democratic values and ready to defend democracy.

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