Ted Becker, Richard A. Couto

Teaching Democracy by Being Democratic (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The best way to teach democracy has been the subject of an ongoing debate for 2,500 years. Unlike most books about teaching democracy, this one spends more time on how to teach democracy than the what and why of teaching democracy. It punctures the irony of teaching democracy by lectures and superior teachers. In its place, this book provides a variety of illustrations for the teaching of democracy in an experiential and egalitarian fashion. The introduction presents a theoretical and analytical framework of democracy and democratic pedagogy. The six chapters cover topics such as structuring a democratic classroom; democratic practices that empower students; problem solving and community service that make the classroom a laboratory for democracy; and university-based programs of democratic alternatives that serve the community. The volume's treatment of community organization, students as collaborators, personal empowerment, the community of need and response, and the democratic organization expresses its preference for direct democratic participation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313390975
• Artikelnr.: 37834738

Autorenporträt

THEODORE L. BECKER is Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at Auburn University. He is the author of nine books, including Comparative Judicial Politics and American Government: Past*Present*Future. He has been interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting Co., and by Bill Moyers on PBS.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
by James MacGregor Burns Introduction
by Theodore L. Becker and Richard A. Couto The Democratic Classroom Students in Charge
by William R. Caspary Personal Empowerment
by Louis Herman Beyond Classrooms and Internships Service Learning--Integrating Community Issues and the Curriculum
by Richard A. Couto Applying Democratic Theory in Community Organizations
by Richard Guarasci and Craig A. Rimmerman Innovative Democratic Institutions Within the University Community Mediation Service: A Model for Teaching Democracy and Conflict Resolution
by Christa Daryl Slaton Televote--Interactive
Participatory Polling
by Theodore L. Becker Afterword
by Theodore L. Becker and Richard A. Couto Bibliography Index