Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited

Contemporary Discourses for Democratic Education and Leadership

Patrick M. Jenlink

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2009
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216340584
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited focuses on democratic schools/democratic education and the work of teacher and leader practitioners in the new millennium, taking into consideration the complex and dynamic nature of preparing leaders for changing roles in schools amidst the challenges of standards and accountability, the No Child Left Behind Act, licensure/certification issues, increasing diversity, issues of social justice, shifting demographics, and the myriad of social issues that make democratic leadership necessary. The book presents a collection of contemporary discourses that reconsider the relationship of democracy as a political ideology and American ideal (i.e., Dewey's progressivist ideas) and education as the foundation of preparing democratic citizens in America.
Jenlink takes the reader into a reflective and critical examination of Dewey's ideas on democratic education, set forth in the classic philosophy text, Democracy and Education. Each chapter draws the reader into a discussion of the salient and relevant points Dewey argued, and juxtaposes Dewey's points with the issues challenging educators today, in particular focusing on the challenge of fostering democratic education and leadership for America's schools.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Dewey’s Democracy and Education Revisited
• PART I. LEADERSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
• Part I. Introduction
• Chapter 01. Dewey’s Legacy for Democratic Education and Leadership
• Chapter 02. A Continuing Leadership Agenda
• PART II. SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
• Part II. Introduction
• Chapter 03. The Criteria of Good Aims and the Idea of the Curriculum Standard
• Chapter 04. What Kind of Democracy Should Public Schools Promote? A Challenge for Educational Leaders in a No Child Left Behind Environment
• Chapter 05. Democratic Foundations of Social Education
• Chapter 06. John Dewey: Still Ahead of His Time
• PART III. AESTHETICS AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
• Part III. Introduction
• Chapter 07. Dewey, Democratic Leadership, and Art
• Chapter 08. The Mis-underestimation of the Value of Aesthetics in Public Education
• PART IV. CULTURE AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
• Part IV. Introduction
• Chapter 09. Leadership and Democracy: Creating Inclusive Schools
• Chapter 10. Education for Democratic Culture/Cultural Democracy: Taking a Critical Pragmatic Turn
• PART V. FREEDOM AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION
• Part V. Introduction
• Chapter 11. Learning Walks Away: The Erasure of Democracy from Education
• Chapter 12. Transforming the School into a Democratically Practiced Place: Dewey’s Democracy as Spatial Practice
• Chapter 13. On the Corruption of Democracy and Education
• PART VI. DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC VISTAS OF EDUCATION
• Part VI. Introduction
• Chapter 14. Creating Democratic Relationships
• Chapter 15. Scholar-Practitioner Leadership: Revitalizing the Democratic Ideal in American Schools and Society
• Coda: Realizing New Vistas of Democratic Education
• About theEditor and Contributors