Teacher education for a democratic society.(Issues in Education)(priority on education for democracy and application of John Dewey's theories)(Column)

Childhood Education | September 15, 2003| | Copyright

Although we often hear that everything has changed since the September 11th terrorist attacks, I beg to differ. In terms of how the United States views the purpose(s) of education, at least, nothing has really changed. We have a long history of using our schools not to support democracy, but rather to hold, sort, and indoctrinate students to be compliant workers and consumers (e.g., Karier, 1973; Miller, 1997). I am much concerned about the trend, evident over the last few decades, that seems to be unapologetically supporting this inherently antidemocratic, narrow training ...

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