This book will be relevant for educators, researchers, and policymakers who are interested in educational sociology, critical pedagogy, and democratic education.
Education for Democracy was first published in 1934. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of...
Praise for Educating for Democracy "Among the goals of higher education, none is so frequently mentioned or so rarely analyzed with care as preparing students to be citizens. This book goes a long way toward rectifying the problem.
Rarely have these separate approaches been brought into the same conversation. Education, Justice, and Democracy does just that, offering an intensive discussion by highly respected scholars across empirical and philosophical disciplines.
Through embodying this approach of authentic spiritual growth through education, this book explores the idea of caring confrontations and critical reflection to enable personal change and growth.
... What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy.” Brookings Institute. Quoted in Seldon. The Fourth Education Revolution. p. 73. 20 Weale. “Fifth of Teachers Plan to Leave Profession within Two Years.” 21 G. Thomas. 2013.
This edited collection takes up the unfinished project of resisting the de-democratisation of education and growing levels of social and educational inequality.
The core message of this educational book is that democracy is, more than ever before, in need of the personal contribution of engaged citizens.
John Dewey's Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education,...
"Educational philosopher Nel Noddings draws on John Dewey's foundational work to reimagine education's aims and curriculum for the 21st century.