Educating for Democracy in a Changing World: Understanding Freedom in Contemporary America

ISBN-13: 9781433100321 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 168 str.

Kincheloe, Joe L.

Opis

It is the premise of Educating for Democracy in a Changing World that in the wake of the events of 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, people recognize that there is an ever-increasing threat to democratic societies and nations. For most citizens of the world, freedom is a requisite condition of democracy. Understanding democracy has become difficult at a time when we are bombarded with phrases and slogans that seek to dichotomize it. This collection of essays is based on the contemporary responses of a diverse group of writers from education, international relations, law, political science, history, psychology, philosophy, and sociology to the questions about democracy for Americans within the context of the changing world.

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Contents: Stephen M. Fain: The Fundamentals of Freedom in the Modern World - David J. R. Frakt/Arthur N. Frakt: Roosevelt's Vision in Legal and Political Jeopardy - Robert Gutierrez: The Four Freedoms Viewed in Comparison to Traditional American Political Ideals - Lesley A. Northrup: The First Amendment, the Second Freedom, and the Third Millennium - Pablo Toral: Four Freedoms in a Global Context - Louis A. Pagliaro/Ann Marie Pagliaro: Freedom, Fear, and Terrorism in Democratic Societies - Steven Selden: The Neoconservative Challenge to the Undergraduate Curriculum: The Case of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the American Council for Trustees and Alumni - David M. Callejo Pérez: Studies: High School History as Racial Text - Jennifer Deets: Flags and Homeschooling: Symbols of Freedom and Democracy - Donn C. Worgs/Leon D. Caldwell: Democratizing Education: Lessons from the African American Experience - Judith J. Slater: Language of the Curriculum: Memes of Practice.

O autorze

The Editors: Stephen M. Fain is Professor of Curriculum History and Honors College Fellow at Florida International University. He is co-editor of The Freirean Legacy (Peter Lang, 2002) and Pedagogy of Place (Peter Lang, 2004).
David M. Callejo Pérez teaches curriculum studies at West Virginia University. He is author of Southern Hospitality (Peter Lang, 2001) and co-editor of Pedagogy of Place (Peter Lang, 2004). His work focuses on identity and schools, teacher education, qualitative research, and transmigration.
Judith J. Slater is Professor of Education at Florida International University, specializing in curriculum theory, evaluation and organizational culture. She is the author of Anatomy of a Collaboration (1996), Acts of Alignment (Peter Lang, 2000), editor of Teen Life in Asia (2004), and co-editor of The Freirean Legacy (Peter Lang, 2002), and Pedagogy of Place (Peter Lang, 2004).