Radikale Demokratiebildung

Radical Democracy Education In the article, the question of the form of democratic education is central. Especially the Anthropocene gives rise to future tasks that must be theorized on the basis of a more radical understanding of democratic coexistence and that require a new form of democratic education. Fundamental to this is a change in the basic epistemological assumptions of democratic education. In the process, interfaces with artistic practices emerge. Ideas of methodical implementations arise in the context of aesthetic practices.

Painting historiography: Meleko Mokgosi's Democratic Intuition

This interview focuses particularly on Democratic Intuition (2013-20), Meleko Mokgosi's epic, eight-chapter painting cycle, the title of which references Gayatri Spivak's lecture on the necessary relationship between education and democracy. Education, reflection on theory and practice and engagement with young practitioners are all important parts of Mokgosi's work. The interview discusses the way the chapter format of Democratic Intuition is influenced by film processes, and the research and critical analysis on which his work is based; this includes historiography; the western genre of history painting; narrative tropes and the work of Hayden White; and painting techniques that more accurately construct Black skin tones. It also discusses discourses of race and assumptions about whiteness in the western canon; and whether there is a possibility for the Black subject to inhabit allegorical representational space without being overdetermined by histories of Blackness and race discourse. Stuart Hall's work has been important to Mokgosi because of its analysis of the complexities of the discourses within which cultural production and consumption is located. This has been helpful for reflecting on the location of the western art tradition within discourses of the Enlightenment and western humanism, which provide specific rules of circulation and consumption, and structures of authority. Such discourses assume that the viewer has the necessary tools or literacies to read in order to arrive at the meanings proposed in cultural objects. Mokgosi is engaged in continuous reflection on the extent to which, in spite of this, he, as a particular subject from Botswana, has managed to locate meaning within the narrow practice of painting.

Building Teacherly Roles Together

Given that learner agency in making meaning from subjective learning experiences is central to constructivism, how can teachers provide structure without diminishing that agency? This paper comprises an a/r/tographic analysis of a practice-based research project situated outside formal education, which shares the teacher’s role across a community learning group. This group collectively chose and researched a new topic for each session, sharing this research in session and discussing the lesson this made. This model not only provides the basis for a consensual education, but also offers opportunity for empowerment through collectively taking ownership of learning, demonstrating that as engaged learners we can shape the structures through which we build learning agency. As education and culture shape each other, so learners emerge as critical citizens able to re/form community and culture for mutual benefit, open in turn to being re/formed by them. Understanding learning as a creative process, this paper juxtaposes Gert Biesta’s concept of creative practice as a dialogue with the world against the re-emergent concept of cultural democracy. Education re/produces cultural values; by not assuming control of learners’ education for them – by not inhabiting the role of teacher – we do not diminish the space for new, emergent structures to be realised. This paper seeks to show that by performing the teacher’s functions between us, we increase our intrinsic motivation for learning, also allowing for possibilities of new knowledge emerging. As will be shown, constructivism needs no singular teachers, only people to learn alongside and share the practice of learning with.

Perjalanan Demokrasi di Indonesia serta Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan sebagai Pendidikan Demokrasi yang Berkarakter

This article examines the journey of democracy in Indonesia and citizenship education as a character education for democracy. This research was conducted using the literature study method by collecting information from various sources, such as books, journals and articles related to the research discussed. The results show that the Indonesian state has implemented its democracy and experienced several periods, until now it has undergone a period of reform. One proof of the success of democracy in Indonesia is that the Indonesian people are aware of political life and have begun to voice their aspirations and opinions. To carry out democracy even better, the Indonesian nation needs to be taught democracy education through citizenship education so that the Indonesian nation has good character as citizens.

PERAN DAN TANTANGAN PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KARAKTER SISWA DI ERA GLOBALISASI

Citizenship Education is education that contains issues regarding nationality, citizenship, and its relationship with the state and democracy. Education is one of the strategic places used to advance the life of a nation, especially in the current era of globalization. Globalization is characterized by interdependence and openness between countries. In the current era of globalization, humans are required to be able to have high competitiveness. Because, the more globalization develops, the more rapid information and technology in our lives today causes us as individuals to be able to develop our potential in ourselves, groups and society at large. So, there will be a big impact resulting from this. Citizenship Education in the current era of globalization provides convenience as well as challenges for us. Citizenship education must be improved again in its implementation, considering that currently globalization is happening so rapidly nowadays. Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan adalah pendidikan yang memuat permasalahan mengenai kebangsaan, kewarganegaraan, dan hubungannya dengan negara serta demokrasi. Pendidikan adalah salah satu tempat yang strategis digunakan untuk memajukan kehidupan suatu bangsa terlebih di era globalisasi saat ini. Globalisasi ada ditandai dengan adanya saling bergantungnya dan adanya keterbukaan antara negara satu dengan negara lainnya. Di era globalisasi saat ini, manusia dituntut untuk dapat memiliki daya saing yang mumpuni. Karena, semakin berkembangnya globalisasi maka akan semakin derasnya informasi serta teknologi di kehidupan kita saat ini yang menyebabkan kita sebagai individu harus sudah dapat mengembangkan potensi dalam diri, kelompok, dan masyarakat luas. Sehingga, akan ada dampak besar yang ditimbulkan dari hal tersebut. Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan di era globalisasi saat ini memberikan kemudahan dan juga tantangan tersendiri bagi kita. Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan harus lebih ditingkatan kembali dalam pelaksanaannya mengingat saat ini globalisasi begitu cepat terjadi saat ini.

Democracy Education for Children using a Cartoon Video and Mock Voting

In democracy education, determining how best to teach young children about democracy and how to measure the effectiveness of such learning is difficult, as "democracy" is a subjective and intangible concept. Given the challenge that this presents to educational planners, the author has created a cartoon video about democracy accompanied by an opportunity for children who watch the video to "mock vote." The author used the video in a series of elementary school visits to teach the children the meaning of democracy. The effects of the video learning were assessed by analyzing the children's questionnaire responses before and after the class using text data mining. It was found that the children were able to assimilate the contents of the video and the themes behind the story; that is, they understood the meaning of democracy and democratic elections.

Contemporary Art as Democracy Education

According to Hannah Arendt, a free and public space is an essential condition for democracy. She presents this free and public space as a space between us, where different voices are expressed and are being heard (Arendt, 2012). In order to maintain a democratic social model, the school system needs to facilitate these open spaces where students can acquire knowledge, develop skills and values they need to become active democratic citizens, as well as giving practical training in exercising them. This article gives an insight on how these competences can be learned in an art museum through dialogue. The argumentation in the article relies upon the research of art mediation at Kunstnernes Hus. The research includes qualitative examinations of a specific case where high school-students encountered artworks by Vanessa Baird.