Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public LifeTeachers College Press, 2003 - 191 ˹éÒ 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. |
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From Idiocy to Citizenship | 1 |
Democracy and Difference | 14 |
Toward Enlightened Political Engagement | 32 |
Promoting Justice Two Views | 54 |
Can We Talk? | 76 |
Making Publics Finding Problems Imagining Solutions | 101 |
Learning to Lead Discussions | 125 |
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