Education and Democratic Participation - The Making of Learning Communities

Education and Democratic Participation is an important and timely contribution to the emerging debate surrounding the value of educating citizens and communities in order to empower them to participate in democratic change.

List of contents

1. Conjunctures: Dismantling Social Democratic Education 2. Beginning Anew for the Common Good 3. Remaking Democracy for Citizens 4. Participation as a Way of Life 5. A Pedagogy of Cooperative Learning 6. Volunteer Citizens, Voice and Participation 7. Towards Democratic Community Governance 8. Democratising Comprehensiveness: A Concluding Coda

About the author

Stewart Ranson (BSc. Econ, M.A., D. Soc. Sc.) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Warwick (2009). He was Professor of Education at Warwick (2005–2009) and an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Governance and Public Management in the Business School (2009–2012). Previously at the University of Birmingham, he was a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Local Government Studies for fifteen years before being appointed as Professor of Education in the School of Education (1989–2004).

Summary

Education and Democratic Participation is an important and timely contribution to the emerging debate surrounding the value of educating citizens and communities in order to empower them to participate in democratic change.

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Ranson, Stewart (University of Warwick Ranson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138239425
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23942-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Progressive Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Sociology, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Politics and government, Philosophy and theory of education, Society and culture: general, Educational strategies and policy