Handouts

At JoDiDD, we are of the opinion that there are no recipes for successful civic education - nevertheless, we offer guides for recurring challenges here. These handouts will be added to on an ongoing basis. So please feel free to check back from time to time.

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Checklist for dealing with misanthropy in educational situations
This guide offers a simple three-step process that can also guide action in turbulent and conflict-ridden political education situations.

Handout with the title:
Case discussions and collegial case consultation
In the dynamics of educational situations, sometimes overwhelming situations arise that cannot be dealt with alone and can only be thoroughly reflected upon afterwards. In order to learn from these situations, collegial case consultation is a good idea. In this handout, we have put together a simple sequence of steps that can also be used without external moderation.

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Avoiding typical mistakes or the traps of political education
In this handout, we present a set of seven traps that are typical in political education and that we all fall into again and again. Having them clearly in mind can help to make civic education processes successful.

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Is target group-specific political education really a good idea?
Orienting oneself towards target groups and tailoring educational programs to their needs is an important principle of extracurricular political youth and adult education. All funding programs and manuals make this a central requirement. But is this really a good idea? With this somewhat provocative handout, we want to point out problems in this context.

Handout with the title: Controversial and close to the real world - a dangerous mix for political education
Controversiality is probably one of the best known and yet most discussed standards set by the "Beutelsbacher Konsens" for political education in Germany. The term is experiencing a new boom, not least in the context of the discussion about the supposed neutrality of political education. This impulse for action discusses why civic education, which focuses particularly on controversies close to the everyday world of the addressees, sometimes enters dangerous territory and can make opportunities for active participation more difficult.

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Politically instrumentalized children
Situations in which children are perceived to be at risk due to the political/extremist attitude of their parents or educators are not easy to deal with. Right-wing extremism and child endangerment, for example, is an extremely controversial topic that poses various serious challenges for professionals. We have compiled some tips and materials in this handout.

Handout with the title: Attachment and relationship and why this is important in civic education
The idea of a purely rational political education that focuses on imparting knowledge and ignores emotions and feelings is still widespread and often seems to be the more appropriate or even more sensible form of political education. But is that even possible? Civic education without emotion? This impulse for action poses precisely this question and discusses it against the background of the subject matter as well as the learning processes of political education.

Handout with the title:
Methods for building bonds
In this handout, we bring together various methods that can help to promote relationship building in civic education and thus facilitate exchange processes on difficult or controversial topics.