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Avoiding the Demise of Democracy: A Cautionary Tale for Teachers and Principals
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Publication date
December 5, 2013
Pages
192
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781475806229
ISBN-10
1475806221
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$66.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world. Then came the accountability movement. What was measured was what counted. Those who measured low were punished. Those who measured high were rewarded. With measurements came the loss of emphasis on the critical thought so necessary to the preservation of American democracy and improving the American way of life.
Where do children learn the skills, practice and habits of democracy? Sharron Goldman Walker’s second volume on democracy in education asks educators, especially teachers and principals, to contemplate their roles in education and its connections with the preservation of American democracy. Do we send children to school to learn only how to achieve high scores on high stakes tests? If democracy is not learned by practice in the schoolhouse, how will children recognize it when they leave it? Will they be able to critically reflect upon the issues presented to them? Today’s politics have descended into mutual shouting matches, name-calling, hate and fear. Without the ability to critically reflect upon divergent views through reasoned discourse what will be the quality of the democracy? If democracy in education is not practiced in the schoolhouse, democracy in America will vanish.
Where do children learn the skills, practice and habits of democracy? Sharron Goldman Walker’s second volume on democracy in education asks educators, especially teachers and principals, to contemplate their roles in education and its connections with the preservation of American democracy. Do we send children to school to learn only how to achieve high scores on high stakes tests? If democracy is not learned by practice in the schoolhouse, how will children recognize it when they leave it? Will they be able to critically reflect upon the issues presented to them? Today’s politics have descended into mutual shouting matches, name-calling, hate and fear. Without the ability to critically reflect upon divergent views through reasoned discourse what will be the quality of the democracy? If democracy in education is not practiced in the schoolhouse, democracy in America will vanish.
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Hardcover
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from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (December 5, 2013)
9781475806229 | details & prices | 192 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $66.00
About: In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.
About: In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.
Paperback
from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (November 29, 2013)
9781475806236 | details & prices | 192 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $34.00
About: In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.
About: In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.
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