"Democracy is a historic achievement. It is not given once and for all. Through my project I want to promote civic education as a possible and useful method of strengthening democracy."

Scientific career

September 2015 - March 2019: IPODI Fellow at TU Berlin, Germany

2011 – 2015: Educational Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland. Working on the Polish Qualifications Framework Project

2008 – 2011: Polish Sociological Association, Warsaw, Poland. Working on the international project "Younex – Youth Unemployment & Exclusion in Europe"

2006 - 2008: PhD in Social and Political Science. Doctoral thesis: Democracy Perception in Post-Socialist European Regions in the Context of Social Capital and the Post-Democracy Theory.

2001 - 2006: Master of Arts in Political Sciences. MA dissertation: Determinants of Scientific Careers of Women in Germany.

2000 - 2005: Master of Arts in Sociology. MA dissertation: Social Capital in Local Communities (Based on the Comparative Study of Krynki and Letschin)

Research interests

• Civic education
• Social and civic competencies
• International teacher education and methodologies

Contact

Email: ewa.bacia[at]tu-berlin.de

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Learning Democracy in Schools: Tools in international school contexts

Duration: 1 September 2015 – March 2019

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Angela Ittel, Faculty I, Institute of Education, Department of Educational Psychology

Abstract: The general aim of the project „Learning democracy in schools: Tools in international school contexts“ is to support the proper selection and use of methods for civic education in schools and to promote civic education among teachers in international context. Civic education implies a broad set of contents (school curricula), teaching methods, processes of student learning and procedures organizing the school life of all members of the learning community. A mix of these tools helps to prepare students to be active members of democratic societies. Achieving this goal depends on national, regional and local contexts. The project as a whole aims at producing theoretical and practical outcomes which will support the German and Polish educational systems to achieve goals of civic education.