Rediscovering the democratic purposes of education /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	McDonnell, Lorraine, 1947-, Timpane, P. Michael, 1934-, Benjamin, Roger W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2000]
Series:	Studies in government and public policy.
Subjects:	Education > Political aspects > United States. Education > Aims and objectives > United States. Democracy > Study and teaching > United States.

Table of Contents:

Defining democratic purposes / Lorraine M. McDonnell
What the American founders have to teach us about schooling for democratic citizenship / Lorraine Smith Pangle and Thomas L. Pangle
Toward a political economy of citizenship: historical perspectives on the purposes of common schools / Carl F. Kaestle
Why should schools care about civic education? / Amy Gutmann
A political socialization perspective / Pamela Johnston Conover and Donald D. Searing
The two democratic purposes of public education / Terry M. Moe
Democracy and schooling: an institutional perspective / James G. March and Johan P. Olsen
Seeking a new politics of education / Lorraine M. McDonnell and M. Stephen Weatherford
Democratic education and the American dream / Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick.