Cards for Democracy for All are a set of 60 cards intended for all individuals, on their own and in groups. The cards help to reflect on our intention, and to nurture a disposition to examine and improve our attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to better contribute to creating democratic spaces and improve our practices and behaviors for co-constructing a more just and happy society. It all starts with me! • What are my values? Are they democratic? • Do I practice my values or am I a living inconsistency? • What are the democratic values that are identified as important by others around me? • Are the practices, actions and behaviors of actors in my community in line with these values or not? How so? What needs to be done to change? Download for free: https://www.learntochange.eu/product/cards-for-democracy-for-all/ For more information contact info@learntochange.eu

1. Cards for Democracy
Improving our attitudes, skills, knowledge and
understanding to better contribute to creating democratic
spaces

2. Learn to Change
www.learntochange.eu
An international organization that provides learning opportunities for personal
and professional development. We are a community of educators who care
about education and democratic culture for living and working together.

3. Democracy
Democracy is much broader than a special political form, a method of conducting
government, of making laws and carrying on governmental administration… It is that,
of course. But it is something broader and deeper than that. It is… a way of life,
social and individual.
The key-note of democracy as a way of life may be
expressed as the necessity for the participation of
every mature human being in formation of the values
that regulate the living of men together
J. Dewey, Democracy and Educational
Administration, in School and Society (1937)
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard – Learn to Change - 2020

4. Cards for Democracy for all
Cards for Democracy for All
are a set of 60 cards intended
for all individuals, on their
own and in groups.
The cards help to reflect on
our intention, and to nurture a
disposition to examine
and improve our attitudes,
skills, knowledge and
understanding to better
contribute to creating
democratic spaces
They help improve our
practices and behaviors for co-
constructing a more just and
happy society.

5. Cards for Democracy – Teachers’ Edition
A version for professional development of educators:
https://www.learntochange.eu/product/cards-for-democracy-deck-free-for-members/

6. How were they created?
60 educators (teachers, professors, school-heads…) collaborated for some 6 years to develop
learning activities that help nurture a democratic environment. We realized that whether the
topic, whether it was teaching history, civics, language etc. There was a core set of learning
outcomes that were the same in each area. We decided to work on finding what these core
elements were.
Once we had found the core competences, we set of to identify what observables behaviors
we could engage in that would show that we possess the competences => the cards are the
behaviors we can display do in different contexts.

7. Gamification, self-learning
A tool apt for learning through games and aiming to help people be active citizens capable of
contributing to shape a more democratic society. We show some ways and give you some tips
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A tool for professional development apt for learning through games and aiming to teach and
competences (skills) contributing to shape a more democratic society. Way forward with
activities, in the next slides…
Gamification, self-learning

9. Context
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard – Learn to Change https://medium.com/@theo_dawson
In times of uncertainty and complexity
we need to acquire new skills to cope and develop

10. What are competences?
A series of components in context
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In order to drive, I need Knowledge & Understanding of rules, signs, laws; Skills to drive
the car and park it; Attitudes supporting safety of all and, for example, avoiding road rage.
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard – Learn to Change - 2020

11. These components are all weaved
together. Democratic values and
competences cannot be acquired
through formal teaching alone but
need to be practiced. They are
acquired through a “learning by
doing” approach, based on
experience.
This can be achieved through
continuous professional
development for educators willing
and able to try innovative actions
in their school and classrooms.
C4D have been found to be helpful
for developing intercultural and
democratic competences.
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard – Learn to Change - 2020

12. the affective
and moral
dimension
the
cognitive
dimension
the
pragmatic
dimension
Components of competences
Learning to DO
Learning to KNOW
Learning to BE

13. Learning optimally – Lectica
Dr Dawson, Lectica, 2018
Robust learning
Unlike conventional study
skills—which are designed
primarily to help students
learn factual information
well enough to pass
academic tests—VCoLs are
designed to build the
knowledge, deep
understanding, and skills
we need to navigate the
complexity and ambiguity
of our lives.
C4D can assist in this, by
providing activities to
develop our inner
readiness to engage with
such approaches !

14. Activities

15. Using Cards for democracy
for professional development
4 ways to
use C4D
Planning and
designing
Prevention Debriefing
Self-assessment
& peer
Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard – Learn to Change - 2020

16. Teachers trainers in
professional development using the cards

17. Planning and designing
• The cards can be used as expected learning
outcomes for a lesson or a training
• Example: inclusive critical pedagogy

18. Prevention of violence and discrimination
Learning from conflict …in schools
A true story
Sam, a 16 year old pupil of the vocational school in grade 11, used to joke around with one
other pupil, of this class, Leon, in such a way that he pretended to be hitting him in his private
parts. That is, he made this sudden movement but never actually touched him.
Leon, more and more annoyed by this behavior, went to his friends and told them that he
believed that ‘Jerry is gay’.
So, during breaktime one of these friends, Jo, went to Sam and said to him: "I hear you’re gay
and you like doing thing to boys!"
At which point Sam saw red and started a physical fight.
Other's from the class intervened and stopped them from fighting.
The teacher convenes all to an activity with the cards:

19. A conflict is an opportunity to learn… supported by the use of the Cards for Democracy:
here each protagonist is given a card
that corresponds to possible reflections linked to their behavior during the conflict

20. Possible choice of cards to help in a situation of conflict
Leon
Jo
Sam
bystanders bystanders
Leon

21. Debriefing
• The C4D can be used to identify and assess to what extent the
expected learning outcomes of my session/class have been
reached.

22. Speed dating with C4D!
This activity is described here : https://www.learntochange.eu/blog/

23. My journey until now
Students’ assessment
Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir
Assessment

24. Learners (student, trainees) are asked to chose a card for democracy
They write themselves a letter concerning the way they relate to this card.

25. At several points in the
journey (a semester for
example), learners are
invited to come and
reflect on their cards
and take notes in a
template of a
silhouette.

26. Action Plan:
learners are invited to write down their plan of action on how they are going to
reach their desired aim as the democratic person they want to become
• Draw your hand
– Write your aim in the
middle of the hand
• My aim is to …
– Write 5 routes to your
aim (one in each finger)
and time the routes in
your finger tips. A route
is something I can do
such as training, reading,
reflecting, writing,
encountering etc.

27. Other activities
• BLOG
THE L2C website proposes activities in the blog

28. Where to get the
Cards for democracy?
• The tool is available
online.
• C4D for ALL is
registered under
Creative commons,
free to download
and use.
www.learntochange.eu/products/

29. Thank you!
contact : info@learntochange.eu