Overtones in Contemporary Educational Theory and Practice: Education for Democratic Citizenship

Democracy is strong when citizens are well informed and participate responsibly to public life, and vice versa, democracy is fragile when citizens are poorly informed and they show indifferent to public life. The tasks that undertake such education are very complex and converging towards the formation of a citizen informed about political institutions, values and democratic norms, about changes and social alternatives, sensitive to his community and global issues, active and responsible; a citizen who thinks and acts in a democratic spirit, able to defend themselves against abuse and attacks on their rights.