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Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2008
This volume is the second in a set of two published as the 2008 Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Planning for the volumes began more than five years ago, when the Society's Board of Directors expressed an interest in taking steps to encourage a more expansive, penetrating dialogue about education in democratic…
Descriptors: Yearbooks, Internet, Democracy, Foundations of Education
Musil, Caryn McTighe, Ed.; Hovland, Kevin, Ed. – Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2005
Civic engagement is the focus of this issue of "Diversity Digest." Concrete examples of institutions that have linked diversity and civic engagement in powerful, effective, and educationally transforming ways are presented. What is seen in the field is encouraging. Articles feature new conceptual frameworks for civic learning, curricular…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Consciousness Raising, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2006
On May 6-7, 2006 FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 44 teachers from 16 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching about Islam. Speakers were drawn from the disciplines of religious studies, anthropology, political science, history, law, and journalism. The institute, held in Bryn Mawr, Pa., was…
Descriptors: Islam, Democratic Values, United States History, Politics
Weiss, Heather, Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2005
The contributors to this issue ground their articles on one or more of these principles: (1) Evaluation theory and practice should reflect a society that advances democracy; (2) In an evaluation context, there should be a redistribution of power relationships accomplished by "democratizing knowledge" and acknowledging the value of different types…
Descriptors: Democracy, Evaluation Methods, Justice, Social Values