Teaching Democracy by Being Democratic

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ID19949255
AuthorsRichard A Couto, Ted Becker
Year1996
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTeaching Democracy by Being Democratic (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPraeger (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9798216988564
OpenAlexW573759706
ISBN9798216988564
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The best way to teach democracy has been the subject of an ongoing debate for 2,500 years. Unlike most books about teaching democracy, this one spends more time on how to teach democracy than the what and why of teaching democracy. It punctures the irony of teaching democracy by lectures and superior teachers. In its place, this book provides a variety of illustrations for the teaching of democracy in an experiential and egalitarian fashion. The introduction presents a theoretical and analytical framework of democracy and democratic pedagogy. The six chapters cover topics such as structuring a democratic classroom; democratic practices that empower students; problem solving and community service that make the classroom a laboratory for democracy; and university-based programs of democratic alternatives that serve the community. The volume's treatment of community organization, students as collaborators, personal empowerment, the community of need and response, and the democratic organization expresses its preference for direct democratic participation

Democracy · Political science · Politics · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law

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