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

"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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carr, Paul R. (Editor ), Zyngier, David (Editor ), Pruyn, Marc (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, NC : Information Age Pub., ©2012.
Colección:Critical constructions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword : reflections on the Global Doing Democracy Research Project / Daniel Schugurensky
  • 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
  • Democracy, critical pedagogy and the education of educators / Paul Carr
  • Re-discovering democracy : putting action (back) into active citizenship and praxis (back) into practice / David Zyngier
  • Can we teach deep democracy : and can it make a difference? / Carolyn M. Shields
  • Getting beyond flat-out bored : the challenges and possibilities of creating a democratic space for social justice education in publically funded schools / Michael O'Sullivan
  • 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
  • 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
  • Teacher education and democracy : preparing teachers in metropolitan Buenos Aires / María Delia Traverso
  • Education for democracy in Perúvian society / Felix Reátegui and Susana Frisancho
  • Doing democracy in education : perspectives of Malaysian principals / Sazali Yusoff
  • "Critical multicultural social studies" for "thick democracy" : theory and practice / Marc Pruyn.