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Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the rol...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gutmann, Amy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1999]
Edición:Revised edition with a New preface and epilogue by the author
Temas:
Democracy > United States.
Education and state > United States > Citizen participation.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
Betsy Devos.
Family state.
John Dewey.
John Locke.
John Stuart Mill.
Michael Walzer.
Mozert.
National Education Association.
PBS.
PTA.
Pico.
Plato.
Socrates.
UFT.
academic freedom.
civics.
college education.
creationism.
democratic authority.
democratic culture.
democratic participation.
educational resources.
educational television.
equal educational opportunity.
higher education.
illiteracy.
libraries.
literacy.
moral education.
moralism.
parental choice.
political education.
preferential admissions.
primary education.
private schools.
public schools.
religious education.
sex education.
teachers' unions.
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Sumario:Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 p.)
ISBN:9781400822911
9783110442496
Acceso:restricted access

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