Education for Public Democracy (SUNY Series, Teach (Suny Series, Democracy and Education)
By David T. Sehr.
Description
Education for Public Democracy identifies two competing traditions of American democracy and citizenship: a dominant; privately-oriented citizenship tradition and an alternative tradition of public democratic citizenship. Based on the second tradition; public democracy, the author outlines a set of qualities an effective democratic citizen must possess, as well as a number of ideal school practices that promote these qualities in young people. This discussion provides a framework for analyzing two democratic urban alternative high schools. The book provides an essential bridge between democ...
ISBN(s)
0791431681, 9780791431689
