Education for Liberal Democracy - Using Classroom Discussion to Build Knowledge and Voice

"The book argues that the proper aim of civic education in schools is to shore up liberal democracy; shows how discussion can be the main dish, not a side dish, of classroom instruction; shows how classroom discussion develops voice, defined as the freedom to make and express un-coerced decisions, and disciplinary knowledge, defined as the knowledge that results from a public process of error-seeking, contestation, and validation; argues that students need to learn both disciplinary knowledge and voice if they are to take their place on the public stage and hold the 'office of citizen' in a liberal democracy; and finally, treats subject-centered and student-centered instruction as partners, not opponents"--

About the author

Walter C. Parker is professor emeritus of social studies education at the University of Washington, a member of the National Academy of Education, a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, and author of Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life.

Product details

• Authors: Walter C Parker, Walter C. Parker, Walter C./ Banks Parker
• Assisted by: James A Banks (Editor), James A. Banks (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9780807768181
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-6818-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology