relation: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/57456/ title: The importance of statistical literacy for democracy : civic-education through statistics creator: Schiller Achim creator: Engel Joachim subject: 05. Társadalomtudományok subject: 05.03. Oktatástudomány description: Civic Education has had the same objective (“Mündigkeit”) for the last 50 years, but the conditions to achieve it have changed. Mündigkeit is a prerequisite for citizen’s participation, to strengthen and stabilize democratic structures. In the information age, Mündigkeit regarding statistics means having an orientation in the confusion of the modern information jungle and the deluge of quantitative information and statistics. The requirements for understanding and evaluating information about societal developments have changed: Statistical skills are becoming increasingly important for an evidence-based judgment in today's society. They entail understanding data-related arguments and representations, questioning possible conclusions as well as uncovering opinions and already made decisions. date: 2018 type: Konferencia vagy workshop anyag type: NonPeerReviewed format: part language: hu identifier: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/57456/1/challenges_and_innovations_in_statistics_education_007-011.pdf identifier: Schiller Achim; Engel Joachim: The importance of statistical literacy for democracy : civic-education through statistics. language: eng