Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life - Couverture souple

Parker, Walter C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807742724 ISBN 13 : 9780807742723

Editeur : Teachers' College Press, 2002

Synopsis

In Teaching Democracy, Walter Parker makes a unique and thoughtful contribution to the hot debate between proponents of multicultural education and those who favor a cultural literacy approach. Parker conclusively demonstrates that educating for democratic citizenship in a multicultural society includes a fundamental respect for diversity. This scholarly yet accessible work: Bridges the widening gap between multicultural education and civic education. Provides powerful teaching strategies that educators can use to draw children creatively and productively into a way of life that protects and nurtures cultural pluralism and racial equity. Explains the unity–diversity confusion that is found in popular media as well as in multicultural- and citizenship-education initiatives. Defines deliberative discussion and explores its promise as the centerpiece of democratic education in schools, both elementary and secondary.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Walter C. Parker is Professor of Education and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Teachers' College Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807742724
• ISBN 13: 9780807742723
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible