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ERIC Number: EJ149004
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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The Democratic Classroom: Mistake or Misnomer
Raywid, Mary Anne
Theory Into Practice, 15, 1, 37-46, Feb 76
The concept of classrooms as self-determining communities may be a hindrance to democratic education, since, typically, the main impediment to freedom for the young comes not from external interference but rather from the child's own limitations as to skill and knowledge. (MB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Democratic Values, Educational Philosophy, Humanistic Education, Power Structure, Social Values
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Identifiers: Classroom Control; Dewey (John)