New Publications

Volume 11

Performance is one of the central classifications in the self-descriptions of modern societies, whose individual and social dimensions are repeatedly being discussed, questioned and defended. But how is performance understood from a historical perspective or in the sense of current transformations? How has the classification of performance influenced schools and educational media in the past and how important will it be in future? This volume brings together answers to these questions that call…

School education - according to the basic assumption of education policy documents released by international organisations - has the potential to contribute to overcoming entrenched prejudices and stereotypes if it provides young people with more comprehensive information on which basis they can form a more differentiated picture. This analysis of current curricula and textbooks for the German school curriculum examines the extent to which this potential is being exploited with regard to the…

This Dossier originated within the framework of the project ‘Subjects for Democracy. Current Challenges and Opportunities in Democracy Education (DemoS)’ (Subjekte der Demokratie. Aktuelle Herausforderungen und Potenziale der Demokratiebildung in Deutschland) as part of the collaborative project Demokratiebildung in Deutschland (Democracy Education in Germany), financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) between September 2019 and February 2023, and conducted by the Leibniz…