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ERIC Number: EJ662711
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Democracy, Experience, and Education: Promoting a Continued Capacity for Growth.
Garrison, William H.
Phi Delta Kappan, v84 n7 p525-29 Mar 2003
Argues that while education is essential for democracy, democracy is also essential for education. Thus, the teaching of democratic values should form the foundation of the education curriculum, the object of which is to encourage individual choices, experiences, and empowerment thereby achieving a continued capacity for growth. (Contains 23 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Democracy, Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experience, Individual Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dewey (John)