By Collectif, Sjur Bergan, Manja Klemencic, Rok Primozic

Democratic associations and legislation are crucial, yet they can not result in democracy on their lonesome. they are going to in basic terms functionality in the event that they construct on a tradition of democracy, and our societies won't be able to increase and maintain the sort of tradition until schooling performs a necessary function. pupil engagement is essential: democracy can't be taught except it really is practised inside associations, between scholars and in family members among greater schooling and society in general.

This twentieth quantity of the Council of Europe better schooling sequence demonstrates the significance of pupil engagement for the improvement and upkeep of the democratic tradition that allows democratic associations and legislation to operate in perform. This quantity covers 3 facets of scholar engagement which are seldom explored: its function in society via political participation and civic involvement; its position in better schooling coverage procedures and policy-making buildings; and the way scholar unions signify the main institutionalised kind of pupil engagement. The authors are complete students, coverage makers, scholars and scholar leaders.

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Moreover, studying in a university that is located close to the country’s capital or major cities “gives students a sense that they are at the centre of power” (Altbach 1991: 257); it makes access to information and decision makers easier and demonstrations are more likely to receive national media coverage (which is very important in terms of getting a response). Thus, with reference to the US in particular, Altbach argues that historically student activism can be found only in a small number of institutions: the more cosmopolitan and prestigious universities on both coasts, a sprinkling of major public universities in between, and some traditionally progressive liberal‑arts colleges (Altbach 1997: xxxvi, in Moodie 1999: 397).

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