Can educators make a difference? : experimenting with, and experiencing, democracy in education

• Other Authors: Carr, Paul R (Editor), Zyngier, David (Editor), Pruyn, Marc (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2012]
• Series: Critical constructions.
• Subjects: Citizenship > Study and teaching.; Democracy and education.; Social justice > Study and teaching.; Education > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects.; Social discrimination and social justice.; Philosophy and theory of education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615209
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-815-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustration

As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, and with, democracy. Within the educational context, this is a key concern, and forms the basis of the research presented in this volume within a criti...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword: Reflections on the global doing democracy research project / Daniel Schugurensky
• Chapter 1. Introducing the global doing democracy research project: Seeking to understand the perspectives, experiences and perceptions of teachers in relation to democracy in education / David Zyngier and Paul R. Carr
• Chapter 2. Democracy, critical pedagogy and the education of educators / Paul R. Carr
• Chapter 3. Re-discovering democracy: Putting action (back) into active citizenship and praxis (back) into practice / David Zyngier
• Chapter 4. Can we teach deep democracy: And can it make a difference? / Carolyn M. Shields
• Chapter 5. Getting beyond flat-out bored: The challenges and possibilities of creating a democratic space for social justice education in publicly funded schools / Michael O'Sullivan
• Chapter 6. Preservice teachers' conceptions of democratic essence: Interpretations of democratic principles, and their connections to social justice, economic class, and spirituality/religion in the United States / Thomas A. Lucey
• Chapter 7. What kind of citizenship for what kind of democracy? Are we spectators of everyday events or protagonists in history? / Adriana Murriello, Andrea Ledwith, and Cecilia Naddeo
• Chapter 8. Teacher education and democracy: Preparing teachers in metropolitan buenos aires / María Delia Traverso
• Chapter 9. Education for democracy in peruvian society / Felix Reátegui and Susana Frisancho
• Chapter 10. Doing democracy in education: Perspectives of Malaysian principals / Sazali Yusoff
• Chapter 11. Critical multicultural social studies for deep democracy: Theory and practice / Marc Pruyn
• About the contributors.