Project outputs & recommendations

This deliverable provides consolidated access to the final, ready-launch versions of the AECED Guides and Practice Companions developed across educational phases.

The AECED resources support educators, facilitators, institutions and organisations in integrating Aesthetic and Embodied Learning for Democracy (AELD) into their contexts.

Each phase-specific Guide offers conceptual orientation and pedagogical foundations. Each Practice Companion provides practical tools, reflective prompts and facilitation
resources. This document serves as a single entry point to the full suite of materials.

Framework

Pedagogical framework

Conceptual foundations of AELD, Download (6.8MB PDF)

Phase-specific guides and practice companions

Early years and primary education

Guide:
Growing democracy from the start (Ages 3–10): Early years and primary education (PDF)

Practice companion:
Early years and primary education practice companion (PDF)

Secondary education

Guide:
Connecting with democracy in secondary education: A guide to aesthetic and embodied learning for democracy (PDF)

Practice companion:
Connecting with democracy in secondary education: A practice companion for secondary education (PDF)

Higher education

Guide:
Living democracy in higher education: A guide to aesthetic and embodied learning for democracy (AELD) (PDF)

Practice companion:
Living democracy in higher education: A guide to educational activities and pathways for practice in aesthetic and embodied learning for democracy (AELD) (PDF)

Adult, professional and organisational learning (APOL)

Guide:
A guide for aesthetic and embodied learning for democracy in the field of adult, professional and organisational learning (PDF)

Practice companion:
Developing democratic engagements and transformation in adult, professional and organisational learning: A practice companion for inspiring your facilitation and change-making (PDF)