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coACTION Project ModulePage 7/24Whole School Approach School management The school management organises a school-wide theme week on ‘Children's Rights’. All groups - including the SL - present how they experience rights and responsibility in everyday life. Teachers In German lessons, a debate is held on an everyday dilemma (e.g. ‘Mobile phones at break time - yes or no?’). Children argue, question and weigh things up. The focus is on forming judgements and argumentation skills. Pupils Two pupils are trained as class council moderators. They learn how to lead discussions, allocate speaking rights and find compromises - direct training in dialogue and conflict skills. Parents In a workshop with parents on school development, the participants reflect on how they themselves give - and receive - feedback. Parents also learn how to conduct democratic dialogue. Interplay of cogwheels: How schools become democracies These three elements - basic needs, genuine participation and competences - work like cogwheels: ● When basic needs are met, people are willing to participate. ● When participation is genuine, people experience that they can have an impact . Basic needs Participatio n Competence s