Education and Democratic Theory: Finding a Place for Community Participation in Public School Reform
Education and Democratic Theory: Finding a Place for Community Participation in Public School Reform (Suny Series, Democracy and Education) by A Belden Fields
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0791449998 | 148 Pages | PDF | 460.82 KB
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0791449998 | 148 Pages | PDF | 460.82 KB
Much has been made of the gap between public schools and the communities that they serve. This book shows how a group of teachers, parents, and community people in "Ed City" formed an educational reform group--the Project for Educational Democracy--to increase access to decision making in their school system, especially for members of the community who had previously been excluded. A combination of ethnographic research and theoretical reflection, this book addresses concepts of community, authority, representation, participation, and democracy.