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Democracy & Education 1. Democracy 101 2. What can schools do? Walter Parker

Democracy & Education 1. Democracy 101 2. What can schools do? Walter Parker University of Washington. Democracy is the worst form of government (except for all the alternatives). – W. Churchill. Liberal or Illiberal Democracy?. Liberal democracies are fragile.

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Democracy & Education 1. Democracy 101 2. What can schools do? Walter Parker

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  1. Democracy & Education • 1. Democracy 101 • 2.What can schools do? • Walter Parker • University of Washington

  2. Democracy is the worst form of government (except for all the alternatives). – W. Churchill

  3. Liberal or Illiberal Democracy?

  4. Liberal democracies are fragile

  5. Liberal democracies are fragile The downfalls of democracies are generally caused by demagogues.… Of old, the demagogue was a general, and then democracies changed into tyrannies. But in our day, when the art of rhetoric has made such progress, it is orators who lead the people. – Aristotle (330 BCE)

  6. If men were angels, no government would be necessary…. A dependence on the people is the primary control on the government, but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. – J. Madison, 1788

  7. ‘auxiliary precautions’ Central Govt | | | (“federalism”) | | | 13-50 State Govts 3 branches separation of powers

  8. “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary. An amendment of our [Virginia] constitution must here come in aid of public education. – T. Jefferson, 1784

  9. It’s not just ‘theory’: education matters Better educated people have more 1. knowledge • of principles of democracy • of current political facts (e.g., elected leaders) 2. political attentiveness 3. participation in difficult political activities 4. voting 5. tolerance for diversity. Source: Nie, N. H., Junn, J., & Stehlik-Barry, K. (1996). Education and democratic citizenship in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

  10. Democracy & Education • 1. Democracy 101 • 2.What can schools do?

  11. 2. What can schools do? High quality civic education at school: Guardian of democracy: the civic mission of the schools (2011).

  12. #1 In schools, teach about

  13. #2 Learning through discussion

  14. #6: Simulations

  15. 3. Who gets high-quality civic education? Correlates: social class, race, future plans Source: Kahne, J., & Middaugh, E. (2015). High quality civic education: What is it and who gets it? In W. C. Parker (Ed.), Social studies today: Research and practice (2nd ed., pp. 179-188). New York: Routledge.

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