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ERIC Number: EJ634646
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0268-0939
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Longitudinal Development of Educational Theory: Democracy and the Classroom.
Knight, Tony
Journal of Education Policy, v16 n3 p249-63 May-Jun 2001
Presents seven attributes of democracy (equality, important knowledge, nature of authority, inclusiveness, participatory decision making, rights, and an optimal environment). Students learn to be responsible citizens in situations where they can exercise ever-increasing power and where they have very little power. (Contains 65 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Student Responsibility, Teacher Researchers, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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