Education for Liberal Democracy: Using Classroom Discussion to Build Knowledge and Voice

Education for Liberal Democracy: Using Classroom Discussion to Build Knowledge and Voice
ISBN-10
0807768189
ISBN-13
9780807768181
Category
Education
Pages
225
Language
English
Published
2023
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Author
Walter C. Parker

Description

"The book argues that the proper aim of civic education in schools is to shore up liberal democracy; shows how discussion can be the main dish, not a side dish, of classroom instruction; shows how classroom discussion develops voice, defined as the freedom to make and express un-coerced decisions, and disciplinary knowledge, defined as the knowledge that results from a public process of error-seeking, contestation, and validation; argues that students need to learn both disciplinary knowledge and voice if they are to take their place on the public stage and hold the 'office of citizen' in a liberal democracy; and finally, treats subject-centered and student-centered instruction as partners, not opponents"--

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