Understanding democracy, learning to be democratic and to value democracy are critical competencies to be developed by all Americans. In the present debate about what knowledge is of most worth in the public school, these civic competencies are seen as second in importance only to the development of critical thinking. They are typically, however, honored more in commencement rhetoric than in school programs or practices; their actualization falls far short of their ascribed importance. The authors argue that critical opportunities for democratic development occur in the day-to-day life of the schools. It follows that all grade levels should participate in the creation of the constitution of the school and classrooms, the justice structure of the school (its disciplinary code, norms, and adjudication), the policy-making of the school, and in the understanding of the school as a social laboratory. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of such a program by reporting some two decades of applied research on democratic schools which have realized some of these outcomes.
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.,."Takes developmental identity formation and its necessary implications for democratic citizenship seriously and treats the subject with the intellectual and moral respect it so deserves. It makes visible the power and inadequacy of the 'hidden curriculum' evident in most schooling and suggests that rather than leaving citizenship education to chance, we do it with explicit, powerful and ethical purpose."-Richard Hersh, President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Provides practical understanding of where children and adolescents are in their cognitive, social-moral, and civic development.
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democratic school governance, democratic high school, homeroom discussions, school democracy, developmental schools, entire school community, agenda committee, democratic schools, new headmaster, human competencies, turf areas, faculty council, discipline committees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Town Meeting, Brookline High School, Fairness Committee, Hanover High School, Heath Community Meeting, New Hampshire, United States, Climate Study, Point Kids, Heath School, Boston University, Judiciary Committee, Robert's Rules, Bill of Rights, John Dewey, New England, Day Away, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Carol Gilligan, Cluster School, Heath Family Meeting, Advisory Council, Big Brother, Big Sister Program, Clark Power New!
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democratic school governance, democratic high school, homeroom discussions, school democracy, developmental schools, entire school community, agenda committee, democratic schools, new headmaster, human competencies, turf areas, faculty council, discipline committees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Town Meeting, Brookline High School, Fairness Committee, Hanover High School, Heath Community Meeting, New Hampshire, United States, Climate Study, Point Kids, Heath School, Boston University, Judiciary Committee, Robert's Rules, Bill of Rights, John Dewey, New England, Day Away, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Carol Gilligan, Cluster School, Heath Family Meeting, Advisory Council, Big Brother, Big Sister Program, Clark Power New!
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- Approaches to Moral Development by Andrew Garrod in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Adolescents' Development and Education by Ralph L. Mosher in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Student Handbook by Council of Europe on page 15, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939/Experience and Education, Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, and Essays, Vol. 13 by John Dewey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Moral Development by Kohlberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- First Person, First Peoples: Native American College Graduates Tell Their Life Stories by Colleen Larimore in Back Matter
- Systems of Education: Theories, Policies and Implicit Values (Education, Culture and Values) by Sohan Modgil on page 150
- Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice by Daniel Muijs in Back Matter
- The Moral and Political Status of Children by David Archard in Back Matter
- Souls Looking Back: Life Stories of Growing Up Black by Andrew Garrod in Back Matter
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