Description: Further DetailsTitle: Avoiding the Demise of DemocracyCondition: NewSubtitle: A Cautionary Tale for Teachers and PrincipalsISBN-10: 1475806221EAN: 9781475806229ISBN: 9781475806229Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield EducationFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/05/2013Description: In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world. Then came the accountability movement. What was measured was what counted. Those who measured low were punished. Those who measured high were rewarded. With measurements came the loss of emphasis on the critical thought so necessary to the preservation of American democracy and improving the American way of life. Where do children learn the skills, practice and habits of democracy? Sharron Goldman Walker’s second volume on democracy in education asks educators, especially teachers and principals, to contemplate their roles in education and its connections with the preservation of American democracy. Do we send children to school to learn only how to achieve high scores on high stakes tests? If democracy is not learned by practice in the schoolhouse, how will children recognize it when they leave it? Will they be able to critically reflect upon the issues presented to them? Today’s politics have descended into mutual shouting matches, name-calling, hate and fear. Without the ability to critically reflect upon divergent views through reasoned discourse what will be the quality of the democracy? If democracy in education is not practiced in the schoolhouse, democracy in America will vanish.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 238mmItem Length: 164mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 454gAuthor: Sharron Goldman WalkerGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Children's Learning & Education, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Avoiding the Demise of Democracy
Title: Avoiding the Demise of Democracy
Subtitle: A Cautionary Tale for Teachers and Principals
ISBN-10: 1475806221
EAN: 9781475806229
ISBN: 9781475806229
Release Date: 12/05/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Avoiding the Demise of Democracy : a Cautionary Tale for Teachers and Principals
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Subject: Teaching Methods & Materials / Social Science, General, Administration / School Superintendents & Principals, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Testing & Measurement
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Sharron Goldman Walker
Subject Area: Political Science, Education
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
