Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life

by Walter C. Parker

In Teaching Democracy , Walter Parker makes a unique and thoughtful contribution to the hot debate between proponents of multicultural education and those who favor a cultural literacy approach. Parker conclusively demonstrates that educating for democratic citizenship in a multicultural society includes a fundamental respect for diversity. This scholarly yet accessible

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Adam Gutschenritter]

The idea here, let me digress for a second and say his central term for selfish, nonpolitical individuals is idiot, is that students must be taught how to deliberate and acquire/come to an agreement on items of public life. I agree with this and was happy to note that I did some of what was suggested, such as the Structured Academic debate.

[Liesa]

I found this book rather insightful and stimulating. I have always been interested in the notion of how to educate our students to be good citizens, this book offers an excellent discussion on that topic.