TASKs for democracy

PLANNING
Preparation
Optional: the facilitator can prepare individual worksheets for the activity, for each participant to start with
an individual reflection on his/her own attitudes, skills and knowledge.
Resources and equipment
Task sheet, flip chart paper
TASK SHEET
Learning to be: Attitudes
“Learning to be” refers to the development of attitudes; it includes values, beliefs and emotions on which our
behaviour and actions are consciously or unconsciously based. Furthermore, it is not enough “to know” and “to
do”; individuals must then move on to interiorise this knowledge and these skills, and apply them in a consistent
manner, in other words experience them in oneself and in situ.
Learning to do: Skills and processes
“Learning to do” is more than acquiring mastery. It means learning to activate motivation and apply factual
and procedural knowledge in a strategic way to negotiate and respond to real-life situations.
Learning to know: Knowledge and understanding
“Learning to know” comprises more than, for example, factual knowledge about countries and their traditions,
about international frameworks for human rights, about interpretations of historical events, etc. It refers to all
knowledge that helps us to understand our world and appreciate its complexity and negotiate diverse encounters.
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