Citizen Competences
Course code
YID7011.YM
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Kodanikupädevused
Course title in English
Citizen Competences
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Leif Kalev (language of instruction:Estonian)
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
- understand the opportunities of citizenship for citizens as individuals, in the context of civil society, and democratic states;
- participate as a democratic citizen, balancing effectiveness, self-efficacy, and innovativeness, and coping with radicalizing and depoliticizing manipulations;
- engage in constructive debate, justification, and persuasion;
- judge prudently, including making informed choices, considering diverse normative and ethical viewpoints, managing emotions, and assessing the credibility of information;
- understand their role and responsibility in a democratic system.
- participate as a democratic citizen, balancing effectiveness, self-efficacy, and innovativeness, and coping with radicalizing and depoliticizing manipulations;
- engage in constructive debate, justification, and persuasion;
- judge prudently, including making informed choices, considering diverse normative and ethical viewpoints, managing emotions, and assessing the credibility of information;
- understand their role and responsibility in a democratic system.
Brief description of the course
The subject is aimed at developing civic competencies in democracy, particularly participation, deliberation, judgement and resilience. It covers the concept of citizenship, with its different expectations and opportunities for citizens as individuals, in the context of civil society, and democratic states. Democratic civic participation, its effectiveness, citizen self-efficacy, and innovativeness, the ability to cope with both radicalizing-politicizing and depoliticizing-technocratizing manipulations. The skills in debate, reasoning, and persuasion, as well as prudent decision-making, including making informed choices, considering diverse normative and ethical viewpoints, managing emotions, and assessing the credibility of information. The role and responsibility of citizens in a democratic system.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the opportunities of citizenship for citizens as individuals, in the context of civil society, and democratic states;
- participates as a democratic citizen, balancing effectiveness, self-efficacy, and innovativeness, and coping with radicalizing and depoliticizing manipulations;
- engages in constructive debate, justification, and persuasion;
- judges prudently, including making informed choices, managing emotions, considering diverse normative and ethical viewpoints, and assessing the credibility of information;
- understands their role and responsibility in a democratic system.
- understands the opportunities of citizenship for citizens as individuals, in the context of civil society, and democratic states;
- participates as a democratic citizen, balancing effectiveness, self-efficacy, and innovativeness, and coping with radicalizing and depoliticizing manipulations;
- engages in constructive debate, justification, and persuasion;
- judges prudently, including making informed choices, managing emotions, considering diverse normative and ethical viewpoints, and assessing the credibility of information;
- understands their role and responsibility in a democratic system.
Teacher
Leif Kalev
Additional information
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