Toward schools as sites of radical democratization: New possibilities for democratic education
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Toward schools as sites of radical democratization: New possibilities for democratic education |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
Book Title | Communication and education: Promoting peace and democracy in times of crisis and conflict |
Authors | Riddle, Stewart |
Editors | O'Hair, Mary John, Woods, Philip A and O'Hair, H Dan |
Page Range | 19-30 |
Series | Communicating Science in Times of Crisis |
Chapter Number | 2 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Wiley Blackwell |
ISBN | 9781119985259 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Communication+and+Education%3A+Promoting+Peace+and+Democracy+in+Times+of+Crisis+and+Conflict-p-9781119985259 |
Abstract | Schools as they are currently constituted in many capitalist, liberal–democratic nations, including the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Australia, are not particularly democratic places. Several decades of neoliberal and neoconservative education policymaking have sought to replace the public good of public education—including its collective commitment to improving social justice and equity outcomes for all young people—with the market logics of choice, competition, and individual gain (Connell, 2013), in which schools compete for market share and students are rendered as consumers (Giroux, 2016). However, it need not be so. Indeed, Woods (2011) argued that “the idea that private business, markets and the role of people as consumers constitute the preferred model for all kinds of services and human activity is past its sell-by date” (p. 3). Now is the time for schools to become sites of radical democratization instead of continuing to support the reproduction of existing social and economic inequalities. |
Keywords | democratic education; schooling; democracy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390203. Sociology of education |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z3qqv/toward-schools-as-sites-of-radical-democratization-new-possibilities-for-democratic-education
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