This page contains information about our upcoming seminars and seminars we have held in the past (many of which were recorded and are available to watch).
The research presented in each aligns with the work the University of Bath's Department of Education is doing. Seminars will cover topics such as research in the fields of educational leadership, management and governance, internationalisation and globalisation; language and educational practices; and learning, pedagogy and diversity.
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All of our seminars are free to attend and take place on the University of Bath campus or online. If you have any questions about our seminars, please contact Dr Nicola Savvides
Professor Jan Germen Janmaat (University College London (UCL))
- Title: Education for democracy: Explaining why education systems differ in fostering democratic competences
- Date: 19 March
- Time: 3.15pm to 4.15pm
- Location: 1 West, Room 3.103 and online
What kinds of education systems best prepare young people for democratic life, and why do countries vary in this regard?
In this presentation, Professor Jan Germen Janmaat will introduce and explain the Education for Democracy Index (EfDI). This index and its subindexes are a set of new comparative tools designed to assess how well national educational policies and practices promote both overall levels of and equality in democratic competences among adolescents.
He will then examine the cross-national and cross-temporal variation in the scores of the main index and explore which structural and institutional factors could explain this variation.
He'll also show that Latin American and European post-communist countries outperform established Western European democracies on the EfDI. Although scores remain fairly stable over time, a trend can be detected across the board towards better performance.
Join online
You can join this webinar on Microsoft Teams using the details below:
- Meeting ID: 317 763 309 666 98
- Passcode: St3PJ66M