Educating for Democratic Consciousness: Counter-Hegemonic Possibilities - Couverture souple

Carr, Paul R.; Abdi, Ali A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 143311710X ISBN 13 : 9781433117107

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2012

Synopsis

This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. There is a widespread, but mainly untenable, assumption that education in Western societies (and elsewhere) intuitively and horizontally aids the democratic development of people. An argument could be made that in contemporary liberal democracies, education was never designed for the well-being of societies. Instead of the full inclusion of everyone in educational development, it becomes dominated by those with a vested interest in the role of the liberal state as a mediating agent that, ultimately, assures the supremacy of the capitalism and neoliberalism. This book extends beyond a theoretical analysis of democratic education, seeking to tap into the substantial experiences, perspectives and research of a wide range of leading scholars from diverse vantage points, who bring themselves and their work into the debate connecting democracy and education, which elucidates the reference to counter-hegemonic possibilities in the title.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ali A. Abdi is Professor of Development Education and Co-Director, Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research (CGCER) in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta. Paul R. Carr is Associate Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Lakehead University (Orillia), and Co-Director of the Global Doing Democracy Research Project.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 143311710X
• ISBN 13: 9781433117107
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible