Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem

Historical Consciousness and the Moralizing Limits of the Present

By Daniel Friedrich | Publisher: Taylor and Francis

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By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative way of reading the curriculum emerges. This book aims not at arriving at the right combination of theory, policy and praxis that will provide the democratic utopia, but at historicizing the discourses that have shaped the ways in which we think and act in the field of education.

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By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative way of reading the curriculum emerges. This book aims not at arriving at the right combination of theory, policy and praxis that will provide the democratic utopia, but at historicizing the discourses that have shaped the ways in which we think and act in the field of education.

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What is Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem about?

By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative way of reading the curriculum emerges. This book aims not at arriving at the right combination of theory, policy and praxis that will provide the democratic utopia, but at historicizing the discourses that have shaped the ways in which we think and act in the field of education.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem?

Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Teaching of a specific subject

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Is Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem?

Daniel Friedrich

Who is the Publisher of the book Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem?

Taylor and Francis

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Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317932086) and pdf(ISBN 9781317932093)