Doing democracy : striving for political literacy and social justice

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Paul R., Contributor.

Lund, Darren E., Contributor.

Series:

Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education Doing democracy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Democracy--Study and teaching.

Democracy.

Social justice.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Peter Lang 2008

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Foreword / James A. Banks

Introduction / Darren E. Lund & Paul R. Carr

Framing the notion of democracy and democratic education

Resisting neo-liberal global capitalism and its depredations: education for a new democracy / Dave Hill

From the margins to the mainstream: critical pedagogies and global citizenship

Education in the era of globalization / Michael O'Sullivan

Interrogating citizenship and democracy in education: implications for disrupting universal values / Jennifer Tupper

"Other-ed" pedagogy: the praxis of critical democratic education / Ali Sammel & Gregory Martin

Can rebelliousness bear democracy? / Reinaldo Matias Fleuri

Reflections on democratic dissonance and dissidence

Educators' conceptions of democracy / Jason M. C. Price

Democracy and difference in education: interconnectedness, identity, and social justice pedagogy / Alexandra Fidyk

Beyond "open-mindedness:" cultivating critical, reflexive approaches to democratic dialogue / Lisa Karen Taylor

Secular humanism and education: re-imagining democratic possibilities in a Middle Eastern context / Alireza Asgharzadeh

Doing democracy and feminism in the classroom: challenging hegemonic practices / Glenda Tibe Bonifacio

Case studies for understanding democracy in education

Primary education for girls: mis/interpretation of education for all / Njoke Wane

The role of science education in fostering democracy: perspectives of future teachers / Sarah E. Barrett & Martina Nieswandt

Toward a critical economic literacy: preparing learners to be economically literate adults / Mary Frances Agnello & Thomas A. Lucey

Civic engagement or digital divide? The pedagogical paradoxes of online activism / Karim A. Remtulla

Teaching about and for democracy

Teaching and learning democracy in education: articulating democratic

Citizenship in/through the curriculum / Suzanne Vincent & Jacques Desautels

Tomorrow's teachers: the challenges of democratic engagement / Patrick Solomon & Beverly-Jean Daniel

Teaching students to speak up and to listen to others: fostering moral-democratic competencies / Georg Lind

"Don't teach me what I don't want to know:" fostering democratic literacy / Heidi Huse

A pedagogy for social justice: critical teaching that goes against the grain / Shazia Shujah

Afterword / Daniel Schugurensky

Contributor biographies

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph