Search results
Jun 8, 2022 · Do today’s Americans agree on the importance of common schoolhouses? Do they hold anymore that public education is fundamental to U.S. democracy? Many say they do.
Oct 8, 2020 · Today, fewer than 30% under age 40 even consider it important to live in a democracy. Allen is a political theorist who's long studied what citizens need in order for democracy to succeed. Education plays a big part in how we think about democracy, yet America's classrooms haven't always emphasized these subjects.
People also ask
How important is education to a democracy?
What is democratic education?
Should democracy be taught in schools?
Why should we rethink the relationship between democracy and education?
Understanding the historical relationship between democracy and education, particularly how democracy was positioned as part of the development of public schools, as well as current approaches to democratic schooling, can help to revitalize the democratic mission of education.
Jun 23, 2022 · Each paper in this special issue takes a unique perspective on the problem of education and democracy, considering the challenges and possibilities for a sustained engagement with democratic modes of education in the contemporary context, drawing on the rich histories and knowledges of democratic education policies and practices that continue ...
Feb 9, 2024 · For many people who read Dewey today, his call for democracy in education still resonates. Educational philosopher John Dewey saw America’s schools as a place for students from different ...
- Nicholas Tampio
May 19, 2024 · Over the past century, what made American higher education the best in the world is not its superiority in career training, but educating students for democratic citizenship, cultivating...
Aug 22, 2023 · At a time when there are renewed expressions of concern about how our societies are organised and the health of our democracies, this paper focuses on the role of education in a democracy. Informed...
