Democracy in the Global World; From Dewey's Educational Aims for Social Efficiency to Educating a Global Mind

Autor/in	Samoukovic, Biljana
Titel	Democracy in the Global World; From Dewey's Educational Aims for Social Efficiency to Educating a Global Mind
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 11 (2013) 2, S.57-81 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Educational Philosophy; Neoliberalism; Commercialization; Global Approach; Power Structure; Public Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Globales Denken; Öffentliche Erziehung
Abstract	I am examining the state of democracy and education in current circumstances of global race of the superpowers for military and economic domination--race that creates impoverished nations, impoverished markets and dysfunctional educational systems. What Dewey foresaw and termed in the early 20th century as an annihilation of space is today's unprecedented mobility of people and goods, but not under the rule of free market and fair trade; what is taking place under the pretext of "democratization" of "non-democratic nations" bears many key characteristics of the first colonial conquests--pushing the world into a greater poverty and intensifying ethnic and national conflicts. With growing precariousness of life world-wide more unity, primarily among educators, could empower them to become leading agents of social change and progress, in the process democratizing and transforming the education itself. Educational aim is a freeing activity in Deweyan sense, but an activity that now needs to transcend the national borders, the same way a global mind that I discuss transcends cultural differences. We are initiated into a culture, but our human condition necessitates also a deviation from it. Progressive educators will thus have to abandon rhetoric of patriotism and recognize that they are united under the common goal to preserve education as a public service and to preserve human development in and through education. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10