Full Description
The main objective of this book is to describe how educational initiatives are emerging that are hopeful in terms of strengthening democracy in a real way in a convulsive world like the current one. Recently, some of the neoliberal educational reforms that have been implemented in many countries have fostered, in a macro-systemic way, the weakening of democratic practice in various ways. It is also true that bureaucratization of public school in modern states has also tended to defeat the purpose of community and family participation in schools. But there is evidence of schools and educational contexts that have been able to institutionalize participation mechanisms in which students, families and the community have a voice and participate actively in the majority of the decisions of the centres. The contributors of this book highlight the challenges and the opportunities democratic education faces while commemorating the centenary of John Dewey's contributions.
Contents
Democracy and Education: A Theoretical Proposal for the Analysis of Democratic Practices in Schools - Truth, Lies and Propaganda: The Challenge for Democratic and Co-ooperative Education - In Search of a Democratic Society: The Icelandic Kitchenware Revolution and an Educational Response to a Socio-Economic Collapse - Radical Democracy and Student Voice in Secondary Schools - The Voices of Students: Silenced Voices and Strategies to Make Them Heard in Schools - Democracy and Participation of Families and Community in Schools - Bringing Democratic Governance into Practice: Policy Enactments Responding to Neoliberal Governance in Spanish Public Schools - Democracy and Participation in Secondary Schools in Spain - Three Models of Initial Teacher Training in Social, Citizenship and Democratic Competences in Europe
