Education for public democracy
By: David T. Sehr.
Series: SUNY series, democracy and education; SUNY series, teacher empowerment and school reform; Teacher empowerment and school reform.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Critical pedagogy -- United States; Education -- United States -- Philosophy -- History; Democracy -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
Description: Education for Public Democracy identifies two competing traditions of American democracy and citizenship: a dominant; privately-oriented citizenship tradition and an alternative tradition of public democratic citizenship. Based on the second tradition; public democracy, the author outlines a set of qualities an effective democratic citizen must possess, as well as a number of ideal school practices that promote these qualities in young people. This discussion provides a framework for analyzing two democratic urban alternative high schools. The book provides an essential bridge between democratic theory and promising school practices that promote public democratic citizenship. Its insights will be indispensable to teachers, school administrators, teacher educators, and theorists who seek to recreate American education in the service of a revitalized democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and index.