Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited Contemporary Discourses for Democratic Education and Leadership

by Baulch, Clay; Bourgeois, Nichole E., Ed.D; Hlebowitsh, Peter S.; Horn, Raymond A., Jr.; Embry Jenlink, Karen; Jenlink, Patrick M.; Jones, Timothy B.; Kaplan, Andrew; Lambert, Jarod; Leonard, John; Mabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng; Madsen, Jean A.; Sernak, Kat

• ISBN13: 9781607091257
• ISBN10: 1607091259
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited focuses on democratic schools/democratic education and the work of teacher and leader practitioners in the new millennium, taking into consideration the complex and dynamic nature of preparing leaders for changing roles in schools amidst the challenges of standards and accountability, the No Child Left Behind Act, licensure/certification issues, increasing diversity, issues of social justice, shifting demographics, and the myriad of social issues that make democratic leadership necessary. The book presents a collection of contemporary discourses that reconsider the relationship of democracy as a political ideology and American ideal (i.e., Dewey's progressivist ideas) and education as the foundation of preparing democratic citizens in America. Jenlink takes the reader into a reflective and critical examination of Dewey's ideas on democratic education, set forth in the classic philosophy text, Democracy and Education. Each chapter draws the reader into a discussion of the salient and relevant points Dewey argued, and juxtaposes Dewey's points with the issues challenging educators today, in particular focusing on the challenge of fostering democratic education and leadership for America's schools.

Author Biography

Patrick M. Jenlink is professor of doctoral studies in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership and director of the Educational Research Center at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited	p. 1
Leadership and Democratic Education	p. 13
Dewey's Legacy for Democratic Education and Leadership	p. 21
A Continuing Leadership Agenda	p. 52
Social Foundations and Democratic Education	p. 71
The Criteria of Good Aims and the Idea of the Curriculum Standard	p. 78
What Kind of Democracy Should Public Schools Promote? A Challenge for Educational Leaders in a No Child Left Behind Environment	p. 97
Democratic Foundations of Social Education	p. 119
John Dewey: Still Ahead of His Time	p. 137
Aesthetics and Democratic Education	p. 155
Dewey, Democratic Leadership, and Art	p. 163
The Mis-underestimation of the Value of Aesthetics in Public Education	p. 187
Culture and Democratic Education	p. 203
Leadership and Democracy: Creating Inclusive Schools	p. 211
Education for Democratic Culture/Cultural Democracy: Taking a Critical Pragmatic Turn	p. 229
Freedom and Democratic Education	p. 251
Learning Walks Away: The Erasure of Democracy from Education	p. 259
Transforming the School into a Democratically Practiced Place: Dewey's Democracy as Spatial Practice	p. 274
On the Corruption of Democracy and Education	p. 297
Democracy and Democratic Vistas of Education	p. 325
Creating Democratic Relationships	p. 333
Scholar-Practitioner Leadership: Revitalizing the Democratic Ideal in American Schools and Society	p. 359
Code: Realizing New Vistas of Democratic Education	p. 389
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 395
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