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Teaching Democracy: Defining the Role of Public Education in a Civil Society

Institution:

Education Week

Publication Date:

1995

Journal:

Education Week

Journal Issue:

v14 n30 p33-37 Apr 19, 1995

Pages:

Abstract:

Seven practitioners discuss their methods for teaching democracy in a collection of articles. Articles include the following: "Workshops of Our Democracy" by Benjamin Barber; "Students Find a Sense of Belonging" by Beth Thompson and Abigail Erdmann; "Becoming People Who Find Solutions" by Eli Segal; "Democracy is Not Always Convenient" by Deborah Meier; "We Must Press for Pervasive Change" by Hugh Price; and "The Public for Public Schools is Slipping" by David Mathews.

Call Number:

200/C/EDU/1995

Library Item Type:

Print resource - serial article