Aesthetic and embodied learning for democracy

Welcome to the AECED Project Website

Democracy isn’t simply a technical process that involves you learning about its history, principles, rules and institutions. Democracy is a way of governing and a way of relating to each other that is a here-and-now experience.

This understanding sits at the heart of our work and the resources we are developing to support education for democracy in practice through integrating aesthetic and embodied approaches. 

 

Starting your journey

Find approaches and pathways to support a stronger, more lived connection to democracy

What is AELD

Explore the key ideas and principles behind AELD and how it supports education for democracy

Putting AELD into action

Access research informed resources to experiment with and explore AELD in your own setting

Policy implications

Consider how ALED can be supported in learning environments, organisations and policy systems

About the AECED project

Learn more about the 3-year Horizon Europe and UKRI-funded project

Project blog

Engage with blogs written by AECED project members over the lifespan of the project

On working with the Sisters – Barcelona thoughts

On working with the Sisters – Barcelona thoughts

Democrat sister project held its final consortium meeting in the form of the Democrat conference. Critical Change Lab and AECED were invited and included in the planning phase as Democrat’s sisters. Moreover, on the morning before the actual conference, we held a joint policy roundtable in which various European policy actors discussed the policy ideas formulated by the three sisters.

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