Democratizing education and educating democratic citizens : international and historical perspectives

Author(s)

• Limage, Leslie J.

Bibliographic Information

Democratizing education and educating democratic citizens : international and historical perspectives

edited by Leslie J. Limage

（Studies in education/politics, v. 8）

RoutledgeFalmer, 2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The essays in the book are organized into three sections in order to address the conceptualization of democracy and citizenship, reform efforts towards democratization in various societies, and educational efforts to foster democratic citizens. Each is written from a different historical and national perspective by an international panel of prominent comparative education scholars and each tackles the theme of democracy and civic duty in education.

Table of Contents

• 1. Alternative Perspectives on Democratisation: An Introduction: Leslie Limage
• 2. Reframing Citizenship: Women as Full Actors in the Nation-State: Neilly Stromqvist
• 3. The Politics of Comparative Education Theory: val D. Rust
• 4. Reconstructing Education in Germany: Some Similarities and Contrasts in the Post-War and Post-Unification Rethinking of Educational Provision: David Phillips
• 5. Democracy and the Study of Germany: Robert F. Lawson: 6. decentralisation, Choice and Charter Schools in the United States: Elizabeth Sherman Swing
• 7. Changes in European Higher Education: Hans Lingens
• 8. What do Russian Pupils Think About School? An Empirical Study in St Petersberg: Gerlind Schmidt
• 9. Education for Democratic Citizenship
• Wolfgang Mitter
• 10. Teacher Education and Democracry in Mexico: Mark B. Ginsberg
• 11. The Teaching of Values in Teacher Education Programs in Multicultural Settings: Ratna Ghosh and Norma Tarrow
• 12. Education for Democracry in Pluralistic Societies: Yaacov Iram
• 13. The Purposes of Schooling in France: Leslie Limage
• 14. Education for Citizenship in the United Kingdom: Margaret Sutherland: 15. Restraints on Civic Education before and after the Government Transfer in Hong Kong: Wing On Lee

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Details

• NCID: BA51489331
• ISBN:
  • 9780815335702
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 295 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24953571