| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 293 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Jossey-Bass education series |
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Jossey-Bass education series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-274) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Meanings of democracy / Nathan Tarcov -- Democracy, nurturance, and community / Donna H. Kerr -- Democracy, ecology, and participation / Mary Catherine Bateson -- Democracy, education, and community / John I. Goodlad -- Public schooling and American democracy / Robert B. Westbrook -- Democracy and access to education / Linda Darling-Hammond and Jacqueline Ancess -- Curriculum for democracy / Walter C. Parker -- Oratory, democracy, and the classroom / John Angus Campbell -- Teaching the teachers of the people / Roger Soder. |
| Summary |
Democracy, Education, and the Schools argues that the most basic purpose of America's schools is to teach children the moral and intellectual responsibilities of living and working in a democracy. Leading scholars from the fields of education, history, political science, and anthropology explore what democracy is and what it means for preparing teachers and teaching students. They discuss critical questions about the relationship between the American democracy and a free public school system. |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Democracy -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Democracy and education -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Soder, Roger, 1943-
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| ISBN |
0787901660 alkaline paper |
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9780787901660 alkaline paper |
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