The Political Classroom Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education Critical Social Thought Series
Auteurs : Hess Diana E., McAvoy Paula
WINNER 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Education
Helping students develop their ability to deliberate political questions is an essential component of democratic education, but introducing political issues into the classroom is pedagogically challenging and raises ethical dilemmas for teachers. Diana E. Hess and Paula McAvoy argue that teachers will make better professional judgments about these issues if they aim toward creating "political classrooms," which engage students in deliberations about questions that ask, "How should we live together?"
Based on the findings from a large, mixed-method study about discussions of political issues within high school classrooms, The Political Classroom presents in-depth and engaging cases of teacher practice. Paying particular attention to how political polarization and social inequality affect classroom dynamics, Hess and McAvoy promote a coherent plan for providing students with a nonpartisan political education and for improving the quality of classroom deliberations.
Part I: Context, Evidence, and Aims
Part II: Cases of Practice
Part III: Professional Judgment
Diana E. Hess is Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Paula McAvoy is Program Director of the Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Date de parution : 12-2014
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 11-2014
15.2x22.9 cm
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Mots-clés :
Discussion of Controversial Political Issues Study; Critical Social Thought; professional judgment; curriculum studies; social studies education; educational policy studies; pedagogy; political partisanship; social inequality; educational ethics; democratic education; philosophy of education; The Political Classroom; Harry Brighouse; Michael Apple; Paula McAvoy; Diana Hess; Political Classroom; Young Man; Legislative Simulation; Pre-and Post-course Surveys; Civic Education; Controversial Political Issues; Controversial Pedagogical Issues; Private School Sample; Washington High School; National Bioethics Advisory Commission; LGBTQ Student; Open Classroom Climate; Post-course Surveys; Policy Issues; Brown’s Class; Good Professional Judgment; Academy High; University Of Wisconsin; Violate; National Public Radio; NPR; Walters’s Class; Impartial Facilitator; Student Interview Responses
