Democracy, Education, and the Schools

by Roger Soder

Overview

Scores of democracy books have appeared in the last few years, but none so illuminating of the essential connections between democracy and education as this one. In a set of remarkably coherent and helpful essays, the authors offer powerful ideas and practical suggestions to theorists, practitioners, and policy makers alike.
—Gary D Fenstermacher, professor of education, University of Arizona

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787901660
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/14/1995
Series:	Jossey-Bass Education Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.41(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

ROGER SODER is associate director of the Center for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington and vice president of the indepandent Institute for Educational Inquiry. He is coeditor (with John I. Goodlad and Kenneth A. Sirotnik) of The Moral Dimensions of Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 1990) and Places Where Teachers Are Taught (Jossey-Bass, 1990).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Schools and the American Democracy
1. The Meanings of Democracy(Nathan Tarcov)
2. Democracy, Nurturance, and Community(Donna H. Kerr)
3. Democracy, Ecology, and Participation(Mary Catherine Bateson)
4. Democracy, Education, and Community(John I. Goodlad)
5. Public Schooling and the American Democracy(Robert B. Westbrook)
6. Democracy and Access to Education(Linda Darling-Hammond, Jacqueline Ancess)
7. Curriculum for Democracy(Walter C. Parker)
8. Oratory, Democracy, and the Classroom(John Angus Campbell)
9. Teaching the Teachers of the People(Roger Soder)

Editorial Reviews

Essays address fundamental questions of US democracy, education, and schools, and argue that the basic purpose of America's schools is to teach children the moral and intellectual responsibilities of living and working in a democracy. They question why American schools have not educated people for democratic citizenship and how they could be reconstructed to do so, examine the costs of educational inequality, and advocate a focus on rhetoric and deliberation in the classroom. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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