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André Cabanis – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2025
This study explores the synergy between Action Learning (AL) and democratic practices within organisations, positioning Action Learning Sets (ALSs) as microcosms of representative democracy. It emphasises the pivotal role of trust-building -- particularly swift trust in virtual settings -- in fostering collaborative environments where democratic…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Democratic Values, Democracy, Trust (Psychology)
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Marianthi Karatsiori – Cogent Education, 2023
The article begins with a discussion on the importance, subjectivity, and longstanding search for a definition for Quality Education (QE). It conceptualizes QE in terms of "resilience" and "responsibility towards other". It reviews the theoretical landscape and philosophical contributions of philosophers and learning theories…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational History, Resilience (Psychology), Educational Technology
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Landry, Julien; von Lieres, Bettina – Journal of Transformative Education, 2022
Participedia is a collaborative, digital learning tool for the co-production of knowledge about new forms of citizen participation across the world (www.participedia.net). In this paper, we analyse using the platform as a learning resource for adult learners who are democracy practitioners and for undergraduate students. We examine Participedia's…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Adult Learning, Democracy, Undergraduate Students
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Enochsson, Ann-Britt; Ribaeus, Katarina – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
The aim of this article is to examine the ways in which curriculum goals on digitalisation are viewed in relation to the overarching democratic mission of Swedish preschools. Groups of preschool staff from three preschools located in different areas were interviewed with the focus on how they discuss democracy and the democratic aspects of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Preschool Teachers
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Laspina, James Andrew – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2013
The chapter examines John Dewey's concepts of society and the public in the context of digital technology and its potential to transform society and the moral ethos of the public school. I argue that Dewey's theory of society and the public, though articulated for an industrial age, are, like his moral vision of social democracy and…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational History, Educational Technology, Social Change
Waks, Leonard J., Ed.; English, Andrea R., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
John Dewey's "Democracy and Education" is the touchstone for a great deal of modern educational theory. It covers a wide range of themes and issues relating to education, including teaching, learning, educational environments, subject matter, values, and the nature of work and play. This "Handbook" is designed to help experts…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Educational Theories, Educational Philosophy, Democracy
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Stoddard, Jeremy – Democracy & Education, 2014
Despite the potential for media and technology to act as a democratizing force and the challenges to democracy posed by partisanship and the explosion of political media spending, media education and the preparation of active citizens in schools is virtually nonexistent. This essay presents the case for revitalizing media education for the age of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Media Literacy, Educational Needs
Gorlewski, Julie A., Ed.; Gorlewski, David A., Ed.; Hopkins, Jed, Ed.; Porfilio, Brad J., Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
In our work as educators, we all aspire to be effective. We also aspire to be wise. If teachers are to represent and advocate for education, we must become the stewards of a discourse that nurtures education's possibilities. This book explores how teacher dispositions are defined, developed, cultivated, and assessed. The authors in the volume…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Effectiveness
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Kurt, Serhat – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2012
Background: Turkey is a fast-developing country facing a lot of different problems. One of the problems is inadequate education. A large project was started to improve Turkish elementary education. The project includes many different purposes from physical refurbishment of school buildings, to increasing technology use in education. The author of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Democracy, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
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Duncum, Paul – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2011
Considering social justice to be founded on human rights, which, in turn, are grounded in freedom of thought, expression, and assembly, this essay reviews efforts by art educators to engage with public space as a form of social justice pedagogy. Public space, whether actual or virtual, is understood to be inherently devoted to contestation in the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Intellectual Freedom, Art Education, Urban Environment
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Snyder, Catherine – Social Education, 2008
At the heart of social studies education is the notion that social studies teachers teach core civic values that educate citizens and perpetuate democracy. The author of this article asserts that as the democratic system continues to evolve, technology is playing a greater role in how people learn and communicate. It makes sense, then, that social…
Descriptors: World History, Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Computer Mediated Communication
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Wylie, Scott; Marri, Anand R. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The paper aims to examine high school students' use of social networking to participate in teledeliberative democratic dialogue and explicates the implications of this dialogue for democratic education that is inclusive of all students. Design/methodology/approach: The case study analyzes the comments of 111 high school students over ten…
Descriptors: Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Citizenship, Democracy
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Fischer, John M.; Mazurkiewicz, Grzegorz; Kellough, Zeb; Preslan, Jen – Social Education, 2007
Since 2001, classroom and pre-service teachers, along with high school and university students from Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine and the United States, have participated in an international workshop that focuses on preparing students and teachers for life in an increasingly interconnected world. These intercultural…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Democracy, Preservice Teacher Education
Russell, William B., III, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The field of social studies is unique and complex. It is challenged by the differing perspectives related to the definition, goals, content, and purpose of social studies. Contemporary Social Studies: An Essential Reader discusses the contemporary issues surrounding social studies education today. Contemporary Social Studies: An Essential Reader…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Global Education, Citizenship, Popular Culture
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Egnatoff, William J. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1992
Provides a framework for examining classroom practice to see how technology is used to support democratic participation in Canadian education. Six examples are given of the use of computers in elementary and secondary schools that promote fuller participation; and information technology, democracy, and education are discussed. (nine references)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Democracy, Democratic Values
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