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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #31: Education
for Democracy |
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Philosophy
of Education (from online encyclopedia) |
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Taxonomy of
Educational Objectives
(from online encyclopedia)
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| Representative
Democracy (from online encyclopedia) |
| Political
Representation (from online encyclopedia) |
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Inclusive
Democracy (from online encyclopedia) |
| Participatory
Democracy (from online encyclopedia) |
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Democracy Index
(from online encyclopedia, based on index compiled by Economist
Intelligence Unit)
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Lobbying (from online
encyclopedia) |
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Worldview Watch issue #4: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism |
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Worldview Watch issue #6:
Overcoming Political Gridlock |
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Worldview Watch issue #16: Democracy
and Revolution in Africa |
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Worldview Watch issue #21: Yes to Democracy,
No to Greed |
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Worldview
Watch issue #32: Authoritarianism vs. Democracy in Turkey |
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Worldview Watch issue #33: Violence,
Women, and Illiberal Democracy
in Egypt |
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Worldview
Watch issue #40, posted 9/28/2014 Scotland, the UK and Independence
Referendums |
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Worldview Watch issue #45, posted 7/29/2015
Confucius, Singapore, China, and
Political Meritocracy |
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Worldview
Watch issue #48, posted 3/04/2016 How what Trump is saying
resonates with the worldview of those who vote for him |
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Worldview Watch issue #49, posted 7/8/2016:
Venting Frustration at the Slow Pace
of Change—with Guns, with Votes |
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Worldview Watch #53, posted 6/26/2017 America: Toward a More Perfect Union
or Winner Takes All?
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Worldview Watch #54, posted 9/28/2017 Russian
and Greedy Individual Threats to American Democracy
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Democracy
Around the World--Citizens With a Voice (from America. gov website)
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Public School Shakedown
(Progressive magazine backed website launched in August 2013
dedicated to protecting USA public schools)
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Democracy
for Realists by Chris Achen and Larry Bartels
(discussion of this 2017 book by Princeton
professor and Vanderbilt professor)
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Bills,
Quills, and Stills: An Annotated, Illustrated,
and Illuminated History of the Bill of Rights by
Robert McWhirter (more on this 2015 book)
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Democracy's
Education edited by H. Boyte (more on this 2015 book)
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From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
(102 page 4th edition free online pdf of this May 2010 book)
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Making Democracy Work by Stephen Breyer
(Sept 2010 NY Times review of book by USA Supreme Court Justice)
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Ecoliterate:
How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological
Intelligence by D. Goleman, L. Bennett, Z. Barlow (more on this 2005
book)
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Rude
Democracy: Civility and Incivility in American Politics by Susan Herbst
(read excerpts at Google Books)
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from
Principles of Democracy: chapter 21 "Education and
Democracy" (2005 online book from US State Dept)
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An
American Imperative: Public Education (on The Center for Public
Education website)
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Groundwork--Democracy
Close to Home (stories of six communities across USA wrestling with
various issues)
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Democratic
Education, by Amy Gutmann (more about this 1999 book from Princeton
University Press)
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"Democracy
and the Evolution of Societal Intelligence" by Tom Atlee (essay
posted on the Co-Intelligence website)
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| How
Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and
Daniel Ziblatt (book
review by Nick Cohen The Guardian
Jan 8 2018) |
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"Addicted
to Reform : A 12 Step Program to Rescue Public Education" by John
Merrow (report on this by John Thompson Oct 1 2017 Huffington Post)
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| "In
‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism’ How Democracy Is Defeating Itself"
by M. Kakutani (June 19 2017 NY Times book review) |
| “Hacking
Democracy: Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America” by Massimo
Calabresi (in Time May 29 2017)
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School
Reform (report with international perspective from The Economist
August 27 2016)
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Report
about African democracy (from The Economist August 20
2016)
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"Free Exchange:
Compulsory Voting" (article from The Economist May 28
2016)
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"The
$1-a-week School"
(article about for profit education in the developing world
from The Economist August 1, 2015
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"The
World is Going to University"
(leader article for special section
on higher education in The Economist March 28 2015)
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"Education and Religion: Falling
Away" (report on how education makes people less religious from The Economist Oct11 2014)
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"What's
Gone Wrong With Democracy" (cover story essay from The Economist March 1 2014)
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"Dollarocracy" by John Nichols and Robert McChesney
(article from The Nation Sep 30 2013 based on similarly titled
book)
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"Participatory Politics--Processing
Power" (article re feedback to politicians via the internet, The Economist
Mar 30 2013)
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"Noncognitive
Measures: The Academic Trend That Could Change Everything" (Feb
4 2013 post on Education Database Online blog)
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"Citizen Law Making:
Government by (all) the People" (from The Economist October
29 2011)
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"The
Failure of American Schools" by Joel Klein (in June 2011 issue of
The Atlantic)
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"Lessons from
California: The Perils of Extreme Democracy" (The Economist
Apr 20 2011 cover story)
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"Don't
Let Ignorant People Vote" by LZ Granderson (posted on CNN Opinion,
April 12, 2011)
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"World's
Top Democratic Governments," by Curtis Wong (Dec 14 2010 article
on The Huffington Post)
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"The
Best Laws Money Can Buy" by Steven Brill (cover story, Time
July 12 2010)
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"Democracy in
America Is a Useful Fiction" by Chris Hedges (Jan 2010 article
from NY Times correspondent) |
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"Crying for Freedom: Democracy's
Decline" (article in The Economist, January16-22 2010
issue) |
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"How
to Raise the Standard in American Schools,", by Walter Issacson (article
in Time April 27, 2009)
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"Logging
on to the Ivy League," by Andrea Ford (article in Time April
27, 2009)
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“The
public good: knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society” by
Don Michael Randel (
in Winter 2009 issue of Daedalus)
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"How
to Make Great Teachers," by Claudia Wallis (cover story, Time
February 25 2008)
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"How
to Fix No Child Left Behind," by C.Wallis and S. Steptoe (cover story, Time
June 4 2007)
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| Democracy
in the Workplace, by Traci Fenton (Aug 2006 article from CSM) |
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Education
Issues--Most popular Programs (dozens of UCTV programs on this topic)
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Khan Academy (offers over 2700
free videos on all topics, emphasis on math & science)
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Free
Online Courses and Education (Education Portal website)
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Affordable
Colleges Online (guides and information)
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Online College Classes
(website with links to free classes, textbooks, ebooks, etc. )
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Academic Earth ("thousands of
video lectures from the world's top scholars")
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The Concept of
Citizenship in Education for Democracy (from ERIC Digest) |
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Education for Democracy
(from the encyclopedia for informal education, good bibliography) |
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Education
for Democracy -- Statement of Principles (from Albert Shanker
Institute) |
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Citizenship
Education for Democracy in the 21st Century (1998 Canadian report) |
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Education,
Democracy, and the Public Good (ch. 4 of a book by Ed D'Angelo on
public libraries) |
| The
National Center for Science Education ("working to
keep evolution and climate science in public school science education") |
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Center for Deliberative Democracy (at
Stanford, "devoted to research about democracy and public
opinion" |
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The Forum for Education and
Democracy |
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Foundation for Education for
Democracy |
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Experience, Education,
and Democracy, by Ziniewicz |
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Education and Democracy
Homepage |
| ERIC --
Education Resources Information Center |
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US Dept. of Education Homepage |
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Guide to US Dept. of
Education Programs & Resources |
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National Education Association |
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Character
Education Partnership (goal: developing "people
of good character for a just and compassionate society") |
| draft
statement from UNESCO conference on Science Education |
| The League
of Women Voters |
| Public
Policy Institute of California ("informing and
improving public policy through independent nonpartisan research") |
| Links
on the Philosophy of Liberal Education |
| Democracy
and Education by John Dewey (the classic 1916 book, online) |
| Liberal
Education and American Schooling (1997 Ph.D. dissertation, by
Thomas McCambridge, UCLA) |
| Philosophy
of Education Society |
| Center for
Democracy and Technology ("working for democratic values in a
digital age) |
| Global
Educator (offers an extensive collection of peer reviewed articles for
global educators) |
| National
Science Teacher's Association (NSTA) (position statement on Science/ Technology
/ Society (STS) education) |
| The
Freedom From Religion Foundation (working to keep church and state
separate) |
| quotes
related to public schools |
| quotes
related to education |
| quotes
related to democracy |