Teaching Democracy

by Parker, Walter C.

• ISBN13: 9780807742723
• ISBN10: 0807742724
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Walter C. Parker is Professor of Education and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	ix
James A. Banks
Preface	xv
Introduction	xvii
From Idiocy to Citizenship	1	(13)
Idiocy	2	(6)
Citizenship	8	(4)
Conclusion	12	(2)
Democracy and Difference	14	(18)
The Dominant Conception of Citizenship Education: Difference as Dissolution	16	(4)
``Advanced'' Ideas about Democracy	20	(8)
Conclusion	28	(4)
Toward Enlightened Political Engagement	32	(22)
Enlightened Political Engagement	33	(1)
Society and Enlightened Political Engagement	34	(7)
School and Enlightened Political Engagement	41	(11)
Conclusion	52	(2)
Promoting Justice: Two Views	54	(22)
Just Individuals	57	(8)
Just Societies	65	(4)
Cutting Through Conventional Wisdom	69	(3)
Conclusion	72	(4)
Can We Talk?	76	(25)
Increasing Interaction	78	(1)
Fostering Deliberation	79	(7)
Striving for Inclusion and Genuine Exchange	86	(14)
Conclusion	100	(1)
Making Publics, Finding Problems, Imagining Solutions	101	(24)
Deliberative Curricula	102	(5)
A Model for Deliberation in High School	107	(14)
Reflecting on the Model	121	(3)
Conclusion	124	(1)
Learning to Lead Discussion	125	(25)
Discussion	128	(4)
Seminar	132	(9)
Deliberation	141	(7)
Conclusion	148	(2)
Access to a Non-Idiotic Education	150	(13)
Aspiration and Denial	150	(5)
Access for Whom?	155	(2)
Access to What?	157	(4)
Conclusion	161	(2)
Notes	163	(4)
References	167	(16)
Index	183	(8)
About the Author	191