Preparing for citizenship : teaching youth to live democratically

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Preparing for citizenship : teaching youth to live democratically

Ralph Mosher, Robert A. Kenny, Jr., Andrew Garrod ; foreword by Thomas Lickona

Praeger, 1994

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index

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内容説明

Understanding democracy, learning to be democratic and to value democracy are critical competencies to be developed by all Americans. In the present debate about what knowledge is of most worth in the public school, these civic competencies are seen as second in importance only to the development of critical thinking. They are typically, however, honored more in commencement rhetoric than in school programs or practices; their actualization falls far short of their ascribed importance. The authors argue that critical opportunities for democratic development occur in the day-to-day life of the schools. It follows that all grade levels should participate in the creation of the constitution of the school and classrooms, the justice structure of the school (its disciplinary code, norms, and adjudication), the policy-making of the school, and in the understanding of the school as a social laboratory. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of such a program by reporting some two decades of applied research on democratic schools which have realized some of these outcomes.

目次

Introduction Democracy in a New Hampshire School: Applied Citizenship Education Education in a Democracy The Student as Citizen: Politics and Development The School Within a School: A Democratic High School Comes of Age Democratic Governance at a Large, Diverse High School: The Brookline Experience The Question of Representation in a Democratic School Taking Part: Democracy in the Elementary School by Ethel Sadowsky Education for Democracy and Full Human Competence Appendix A: School Government: The Council Appendix B: The Brookline High School Town Meeting Appendix C: Some Proposals Addresssed by Town Meetings Bibliography Index

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