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"The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education What kind of education is needed for democracy? How can education respond to the challenges that current democracies face? This unprecedented Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most important ideas, issues, and thinkers within democratic education. Its thirty chapters are written by leading experts in the field in an accessible format. Its breadth of purpose and depth of analysis will appeal to both researchers and practitioners in education and politics. The Handbook addresses not only the historical roots and philosophical foundations of democratic education, but also engages with contemporary political issues and key challenges to the project of democratic education"--
List of contents
Introduction: 1. What is democratic education and why should we care? Julian Culp, Johannes Drerup, and Douglas Yacek; Part I. Historical Perspectives: 2. Plato on democratic education Mark E. Jonas; 3. Aristotle on education, democracy, and civic friendship Randall Curren; 4. Rousseau on democratic education Avi Mintz; 5. Dewey on democratic education Natalia Rogach Alexander; 6. Hannah Arendt on the very possibility of democratic education Roland Reichenbach; 7. Paulo Freire on democratic education Peter Roberts; 8. Rabindranath Tagore on democratic education Ratna Ghosh; Part II. Philosophical and Normative Foundations: 9. Normative case studies as democratic education Meira Levinson and Ellis Reid; 10. Moral education and democratic education Michael Hand; 11. Rawlsian political liberalism and democratic education Blain Neufeld; 12. Social justice education and democratic legitimacy Lauren Bialystok; 13. Critical theory, local moral perception, and democratic education Drew Chambers; 14. Democratic deliberation in the absence of integration Michael Merry; 15. Education and democratic citizenship: Capabilities and quality education Martha Nussbaum; Part III. Key Topics and Concepts: 16. Educational justice and democratic education Stefan Gosepath; 17. Global justice and democratic education Krassimir Stojanov; 18. Debate and deliberation in democratic education Jane Lo and Paula McAvoy; 19. Agonistic democracy and the question of education Gert Biesta; 20. Punishment and democratic education Bryan Warnick and A. C. Nikolaidis; 21. Children's rights and democratic education Colin Macleod; 22. Education, trust and the conversation of democracy Anthony Laden; 23. Patriotism and democratic education Richard Dagger; 24. The voice of poetry in cultivating cosmopolitan and democratic imagination David T. Hansen and Yuval Dwek; 25. Disability and democratic education Franziska Felder; Part IV. Challenges: 26. Wealth stratification in US higher education and democratic education, 1890s-2020s Bruce Kimball and Sarah Iler; 27. Mentoring and instructional duties of professors Harry Brighouse; 28. Racism, moral transformation, and democratic education Ilya Shodajee-Zrudlo; 29. Postcolonial perspectives on democratic education Penny Enslin and Kai Horsthemke; 30. Populist challenges to democratic education Jürgen Oelkers; 31. Religion and democratic education Brett Bertucio; 32. The epistocratic challenge to democratic education Ben Kotzee; 33. Climate change and democratic education Anders Schinkel; 34. The COVID-19 pandemic and democratic education Johannes Giesinger; 35. Teacher neutrality, pedagogical impartiality and democratic education Bruce Maxwell.
Summary
Comprising over thirty original contributions written by leading experts in the field, this handbook offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the key ideas, issues, and thinkers within democratic education. Its breadth and depth will appeal to both researchers and practitioners in education and politics.
