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ERIC Number: EJ608676
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Nigel Grant and Plato: A Question of Democratic Education.
Cowen, Robert
Comparative Education, v36 n2 p135-41 May 2000
Outlines several ways of looking comparatively at democratic educational systems. Examines narratives of democratic education in American educational history; nation-building as a primary policy objective; and conceptual weaknesses of the model of elite, mass, and universal education. Sees current trends toward educational efficiency and quality control as a major threat to any remnants of a "democratic education system." (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Democratic Values, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Intellectual History
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue title: "Nigel Grant Festschrift" (special number 22).