Reclaiming Democratic Education: Student and Teacher Activism and the Future of Education Policy

Autor/in	Thomas, Christopher D.
Titel	Reclaiming Democratic Education: Student and Teacher Activism and the Future of Education Policy
Quelle	(2022), (160 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-8077-6691-0
Schlagwörter	Democratic Values; Citizenship Education; Activism; Educational Policy; Public Education; Conflict; Educational Change; Student Participation; Teacher Participation; Educational History; Well Being; Social Change; Policy Analysis; Futures (of Society) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Erziehung; Konflikt; Bildungsreform; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Sozialer Wandel; Politikfeldanalyse; Future; Society; Zukunft
Abstract	Since the spring of 2018, hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and their allies have protested at or against their schools. These students and teachers have been protesting on a wide range of issues, from gun control and climate change to the underfunding of education and institutional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In "Reclaiming Democratic Education," Chris Thomas examines how these activities exist at the intersection of two conflicting traditions--where student and teacher activism that aligns with the democratic purposes of public education collides with current policies that privilege the economic aims of education and restrict civic agency. By situating contemporary activism within these conflicting traditions, Thomas demonstrates how these activities constitute a rejection of the currently dominant policy paradigm in U.S. education. Thomas concludes with a discussion of how activism provides a foundation from which concerned teachers, school leaders, and policymakers can develop a new model for American education, one that reclaims an education for citizenship. This book: (1) traces the interconnected histories of student and teacher activism, from the Revolutionary Period through the Common School Movement and the decade of protests in the 1960s to today; (2) demonstrates how education policy positions teachers as passive recipients of policy, who are often expected to sacrifice their own well-being for that of their students; and (3) provides a roadmap for policy shifts that disrupt the currently dominant paradigm in American education and realize an Education for Citizenship paradigm. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01