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Agenda for Education in a Democracy. AED: What is it?. Agenda for Education in a Democracy. Emerging from in-depth research on and practical experience with schools and teacher education extending throughout John Goodlad's long career. Agenda for Education in a Democracy.
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Agenda for Education in a Democracy Emerging from in-depth research on and practical experience with schools and teacher education extending throughout John Goodlad's long career
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • The Agenda for Education in a Democracy is a comprehensive educational renewal initiative developed by John I. Goodlad. It addresses how best to prepare teachers and students in a social and political democracy. These ideas are laid out in a variety of books and other publications.
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Mission • Conditions • Strategy
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Mission • (Moral, encompassing both ends and means) • Knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to participate in a democracy • Nurturing pedagogy • Access to knowledge by all students • Stewardship of the school
Democracy What are the necessary skills and dispositions of citizens in a renewing and ever-healthier democracy?
Democracy Agenda for Education in a Democracy Teaching of skills and dispositions (Enculturation)
Democracy Agenda for Education in a Democracy Enculturation Attention to how we teach - - modeling democratic dispositions and nurturing each individual child (Nurturing Pedagogy)
Democracy Agenda for Education in a Democracy Enculturation Nurturing Pedagogy Attention to equity and justice - - whose interests are being served? (Access to Knowledge)
Democracy Agenda for Education in a Democracy Enculturation Nurturing Pedagogy Access to Knowledge Accepting responsibility (Stewardship)
Education in a Democracy • Purpose of schools is to prepare well educated, creative, and thughtful citizens who are active, critical participants in the civic processes that promote our democracy.
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Conditions • (Those necessary to the education of America’s teachers and the health of the public schools) • 20 Postulates • Sufficient Resources • Leadership • Connections with the ecology of schooling -- community and context
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Strategy • Simultaneous Renewal of schools and the education of educators • Systematic implementation of DDAE • Ongoing assessment of implementation
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Participants • Institute for Educational Inquiry • Center for Educational Renewal • National Network for Educational Renewal • League of Small Democratic Schools
Agenda for Education in a Democracy Institute for Educational Inquiry
Agenda for Education in a Democracy Institute for Educational Inquiry A small non-profit organization whose aim is to deepen understanding of and support action toward the AED’s implementation.
Agenda for Education in a Democracy The National Network for Educational Renewal Institute for Educational Inquiry A national membership network of school-university partnerships whose shared mission is to implement the AED.
Agenda for Education in a Democracy League of Small Democratic Schools
Agenda for Education in a Democracy League of Small Democratic Schools 14 small elementary and secondary schools together for professional development and support for their work
Agenda for Education in a Democracy The National Network for Educational Renewal Institute for Educational Inquiry National Network for Educational Renewal Institute for Educational Inquiry League of Small Democratic Schools
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Related Programs • (Current) • Developing Networks of Responsibility to Educate America’s Youth • Journalism, Education, and the Public Good
Agenda for Education in a Democracy • Leadership and Inquiry Programs • (Recent and Current) • Sustaining Simultaneous Renewal • Initiating Simultaneous Renewal • Summer Symposium • Forum for Educational Leadership • Examining The Role of Hybrid Educators
Setting Renewal Sessions Sponsored by the IEI and the NNER And local settings
To provide renewal of the concepts for those familiar with the AED • To prepare a cadre of people who can carry out these sessions in the future • To give us feedback to refine the curriculum • To increase understanding of the AED among those new to settings