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coACTION Project Page 24/27 Democratic School Culture How the coACTION project implements this integrative approach The coACTION project addresses all key school stakeholders: School management, teachers, pupils and parents - and thus pursues a holistic approach, a “ whole school approach ” . At the beginning of the school year, these stakeholders share their views on how they personally experience democracy at their school. Using the coACTION sensor, a questionnaire instrument tailored to the above- mentioned target groups of the whole school approach, a holistic picture of a school emerges that reveals both fields of action in which democratic processes can be further promoted in order to flourish, as well as those areas in which the school is already well on its way towards democracy. Embedded in school development and quality management, this screening process ultimately serves to jointly define measures with the participation of various school stakeholders (Sherry Arnstein's participation manager!) that satisfy all the components of a sustainable democratic school culture described in this module: Summary This analysis has shown that the development of a sustainable democratic school culture requires an integrated and holistic approach. Democratic competencies are not developed through the mere transfer of knowledge, but through active participation at all levels of the school. Sherry Arnstein's participation ladder shows 1. Observe needs: collected by the coACTION Sensor 2. Real participation: through a selection of suitable measures from the coACTION Treasury 3. Measure competence development: new coACTION Sensor target at the end of the school year