polis - Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools

polis – The Austrian Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools supports teachers in putting citizenship education into practice. It works under contract to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education/Department for Citizenship Education. The Centre provides teaching materials, acts as information and consultation platform, offers formation and continuing education for teachers, as well as workshops for students. Apart from knowledge transfer activities, the Centre also engages in awareness-raising and sensitisation for all issues concerning politics, democracy, human rights, consumer education and the strengthening of social skills.

The main tasks of polis are, among others:

• Website www.politik-lernen.at
• Twitter and Facebook: @Zentrum_polis, faceook.com/zentrumpolis
• Information brochure for teachers polis aktuell
• publishing (Edition polis) and distributing of teaching materials on civic education
• In-service teacher trainings
• Workshops for school classes
• Organization of events, e.g. Austrian Citizenship Days
• Implementation and coordination of various projects, e.g. Vienna protest path, Competition for Civic Education, dictionary of politics for young people
• Coordination of a teacher’s network
• Consultation and support for teachers

⇒ annual reports