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Democracy and education.
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In this article, a critical examination of democratic theory and its implications for the civic education roles and contributions of teachers, adult educators, community development practitioners, and community organizers is presented.Abstract:
Course Description In this course, we will explore the question of the actual and potential connections between democracy and education. Our focus of attention will be placed on a critical examination of democratic theory and its implications for the civic education roles and contributions of teachers, adult educators, community development practitioners, and community organizers. We will survey and deal critically with a range of competing conceptions of democracy, variously described as classical, republican, liberal, radical, marxist, neomarxist, pragmatist, feminist, populist, pluralist, postmodern, and/or participatory. Using narrative inquiry as a means for illuminating and interpreting contemporary practice, we will analyze the implications of different conceptions of democracy for the practical work of civic education.read more
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Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry
TL;DR: The authors briefly survey forms of narrative inquiry in educational studies and outline certain criteria, methods, and writing forms, which they describe in terms of beginning the story, living the story and selecting stories to construct and reconstruct narrative plots.
A pedagogy of Multiliteracies Designing Social Futures
Bill Cope,Mary Kalantzis +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the multiplicity of communications channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today call for a much broader view of literacy than portrayed by traditional language-based approaches.
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Games, Motivation, and Learning: A Research and Practice Model:
TL;DR: An input-processoutput model of instructional games and learning is presented that elaborates the key features of games that are of interest from an instructional perspective; the game cycle of user judgments, behavior, and feedback that is a hallmark of engagement in game play; and the types of learning outcomes that can be achieved.
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The Construction of Shared Knowledge in Collaborative Problem Solving
TL;DR: This paper focuses on the processes involved in collaboration using a microanalysis of one dyad’s work with a computer-based environment (the Envisioning Machine) and shows how this shared conceptual space is constructed through the external mediational framework of shared language, situation and activity.
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What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy
Joel Westheimer,Joseph Kahne +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the spectrum of ideas about what good citizenship is and what good citizens do that are embodied in democratic education programs and demonstrate that the narrow and often ideologically conservative conception of citizenship embedded in many current efforts at teaching for democracy reflects not arbitrary choices but, rather, political choices with political consequences.
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Routledge handbook of memory and reconciliation in East Asia
TL;DR: Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Korean "Collaborators" of Japanese Colonialism Jeong-Chul Kim Part II: Bilateral Conflicts and Lessons of ReconCiliation Myoung-Kyu Park 21.
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Theoretical Bases for Reform of Science Teacher Education
TL;DR: In this article, three theoretical bases for the reform of science teacher education are elaborated: constructivism, reflection, and professional community, and the complex tasks involved in learning and understanding science concepts and science-specific pedagogy suggest the need for teacher education and development that span preservice and in-service education throughout the professional lifetime.
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Entering the Historical Problem Space: Whole-Class Text-Based Discussion in History Class.
TL;DR: The Common Core State Standards reveal how little we understand about the components of effective discussion-based instruction in disciplinary history as mentioned in this paper, although the case for clas- fication is strong.
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Factors in Sustaining Professional Learning Community
TL;DR: In this paper, a collective case study of four schools involved in a 4-year reform effort is presented to examine the ongoing sustainability of a learning community, drawing insights about the sustainability of learning communities in these schools as involving issues of change, loss, and hope.
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Attributes of Meaningful Learning Experiences in an Outdoor Education Program.
TL;DR: In this paper, a phenomenological study was conducted to identify the attributes of meaningful learning experiences as found in an outdoor education program at Brigham Young University, where 13 students participated in outdoor recreational activities and their reflections about their experiences were analyzed.