Democratic Discord in Schools: Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics

By: Meira Levinson and Jacob Fay

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Synopsis: Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. For example, how do educators meet their responsibilities of teaching civic norms and dispositions while remaining nonpartisan? Democratic Discord in Schools features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to help educators practice the type of collaborative problem solving and civil discourse needed to meet these challenges of democratic education. Each of the cases also features a set of six commentaries written by a diverse array of scholars, educators, policy makers, students, and activists with a range of political views to spark reflection and conversation. Drawing on research and methods developed in the Justice in Schools project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Democratic Discord in Schools provides the tools that allow educators and others to practice the deliberative skills they need in order to find reasonable solutions to common ethical dilemmas in politically fraught times.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781682533048
Related ISBNs:: 9781682533024
Publisher:: Harvard Education Press
Date of Addition:: 04/27/21
Copyrighted By:: the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Meira Levinson
Edited by:: Jacob Fay
Foreword by:: Margot Stern Strom
Foreword by:: Adam Strom