Gutmann Democratic Education

Revised Edition
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2291-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

A groundbreaking classic that lays out and defends a democratic theory of education

Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gutmann, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Revised Edition

Introduction: Back to Basics 3

1 States and Education 19

2 The Purposes of Primary Education 48

3 Dimensions of Democratic Participation 71

4 The Limits of Democratic Authority 95

5 Distributing Primary Schooling 127

6 The Purposes of Higher Education 172

7 Distributing Higher Education 194

8 Extramural Education 232

9 Educating Adults 256

Conclusion: The Primacy of Political Education 282

Epilogue: Challenges of Civic Minimalism, Multiculturalism, and Cosmopolitanism 292

Works Cited 317

Index 339

Über Autor(innen)

Amy Gutmann is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor and founding director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Her books include Freedom of Association and, with Anthony Appiah, Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race (both books available from Princeton) and, with Dennis Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement.