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Sendag, Serkan; Toker, Sacip; Uredi, Lutfi; Islim, Omer Faruk – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has paved the way for a more democratic climate in K-12 schools. Administrators and teachers have had to seek out new ways through which to interact. This raises two questions; "What about the quality of interaction and participation in decision-making?" and "Which factors affect the level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Bullough, Robert V. – Democracy & Education, 2022
Mission statements and public statements of values are widely recognized as important for educational improvement, even if often ignored. The mission statements and supporting documents of Utah's 41 school districts were analyzed to locate prominent themes and significant omissions. An unexpected and disturbing neglect of democratic citizenship…
Descriptors: Public Education, Position Papers, School Districts, Democracy
Mascareñaz, Landon; Tran, Doannie – Harvard Education Press, 2023
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing top-down, closed systems within education and other public institutions, they have also created prime opportunities to rethink and redesign those systems in ways that encourage civic participation and invigorate local democracy. In…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Change, Public Education, Educational Policy
Scott M. Waring Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2024
This resource has been developed for pre-K-20 educators in order to help students use primary sources to go beyond simple acquisition of content knowledge and rote memorization. The procedures and approaches outlined in this book are designed to help students use primary sources in discipline- and inquiry-based ways to develop and enhance cultural…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Sources, Cultural Awareness, Civics
Zaida, Joseph, Ed.; Hallam, Pamela, Ed.; Whitehouse, John, Ed. – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2023
This book critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to values education, cultural identity and teaching democracy, set against the backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses discourses concerning globalisation, ideologies and the state, as well as approaches to values education and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Democracy, Values Education, Self Concept
Canuto, Abigail Thea – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
This paper provides an overview of the problematic state of Philippine democracy that has long been attributed to the nation's history of colonial rule, widespread poverty and inequality, oligarchic structures, and dysfunctional institutions. It focuses on the role of education and Social Studies Education, specifically, in cultivating in Filipino…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Democracy
Herheim, Rune, Ed.; Werler, Tobias, Ed.; Hauge, Kjellrun Hiis, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2021
This book outlines the notion of 'lived democracy in education', bringing together interdisciplinary educational research on young citizens' democratic practices in kindergartens, schools, and teacher education. Presenting both theoretical and empirical studies, and drawing on a variety of approaches, the book investigates participatory education…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Participation
Rubinstein, Saul; Heckscher, Charles; McCarthy, John – Harvard Education Press, 2023
In "Democracy and Reform in Public Schools," Saul Rubinstein, Charles Heckscher, and John McCarthy apply their expertise in labor relations to public school reform. They envision a model of K-12 education that shifts away from the tenets of neoliberalism and centers on productive collaboration among school boards, school administrators,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Cooperative Planning
Masterson, Jessica E.; Gatti, Lauren – Democracy & Education, 2022
Speaking to the political and social upheaval of our present moment, and drawing on discourses of democratic education, we argue that the U.S.'s racial reckoning propelled by recent events constitutes a sort of "founding" for our democracy and that this founding has important implications for reconfiguring citizenship within institutions…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Political Attitudes, Social Problems
Knijnik, Jorge – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2022
This paper examines contemporary challenges for education and democracy in Brazil. In the past decade, conservative forces headed by the Escola sem Partido (ESP) movement have led a scaremongering campaign against teachers and public education, with Paulo Freire's critical educational philosophies as their main enemy. This study investigates the…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Barriers
Broom, Catherine – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2020
In a historical review of curriculum revisions carried out in British Columbia, Canada, the author argued that these revisions were undemocratic in the sense that the revisions were carried out by a small selection of individuals associated with the Ministry/Department of Education. This article begins with a brief review of previous findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Democracy, State Government
Ashley Rogers Berner – Harvard Education Press, 2024
In "Educational Pluralism and Democracy," education policy expert Ashley Rogers Berner envisions a K-12 education system that serves both the individual and the common good. Calling for education reform that will enable US public schools to fulfill the longstanding promise of American education, Berner proposes a radical reimagining of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Policy, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Hermanns, Carl; Berliner, David C. – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2021
In this article, the authors address the challenges facing democracy in the U.S., including restrictions on voting rights, declines in the rule of law, disputed elections, and the non-peaceful transfer of power. They assess the historic failure on the part of K-12 education systems and university leadership preparation programs to prepare students…
Descriptors: Civics, Transformational Leadership, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Moore, James – Social Studies, 2022
Freedom of expression is the core political ideal undergirding American democracy and recent attacks on freedom of speech are a direct threat to the liberties and rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution. Freedom of expression is essential for participatory democracy, scientific progress, individualism, and civic education in K-12…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Constitutional Law, Social Studies, Citizenship Education
Al'Abri, Khalaf Marhoun; Al-Naabi, Ishaq Salim; Ambusaidi, Abdullah Khamis – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2022
This paper investigates the existence of GCED principles in Omani Basic Education schools' visions and missions. A qualitative exploratory collective case study research design was used by analysing 50 schools' vision and mission statements for the existence of five GCED principles: peace and conflict, human rights, identity and diversity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, School Role