DDS – Die Deutsche Schule: Issue Democratic Citizenship Education and Social Studies: An Opportunity for Development or Just a Hope?

This contribution discusses the current development of terms, concepts and the public and political debate with regard to Democratic citizenship education and social studies. It is a fact that the frequent use of these terms and the recurring call for “more Democracy education” has hardly any consequences. It does not strengthen the development of concepts and the promotion of related research. This also applies to the acceptance of good practice in schools, both in education policy and in the educational sciences.

Keywords
democratic citizenship education, social studies, best practice, democratic school development, teacher education