The Two Rivers of Public Education: Why Our Representative Democracy Relies on Both Individualism and Community to Be Delivered through Its Public Schools

Autor/in	Draayer, Donald
Titel	The Two Rivers of Public Education: Why Our Representative Democracy Relies on Both Individualism and Community to Be Delivered through Its Public Schools
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 68 (2011) 7, S.32-37 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Individualism; Public Schools; Democracy; Legislators; Earth Science; Public Education; Community + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individualismus; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Demokratie; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Öffentliche Erziehung
Abstract	America is blessed with two river systems that feed and nourish the country by their periodic flooding. One mighty river is "individualism" (the entrepreneurial drive to advance and make a difference). The other river is "community" (wherein communal interests strengthen the whole community over the parts). Monitoring and regulating these two watersheds is "representative democracy." These three strands protect and strengthen the American economic, social and political structure. They tie together the fundamentals at the core of the country. In this article, the author explains why representative democracy relies on both individualism and community to be delivered through its public schools. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Administrators. 801 North Quincy Street Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. Tel: 703-528-0700; Fax: 703-841-1543; e-mail: info@aasa.org; Web site: http://www.aasa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10