Developing Democractic Character In The Young

Sponsored by the Institute for Educational Inquiry

How are students going to function effectively in a democratic society? This collection of original essays outlines the critical role of our schools in helping create the conditions necessary for a democracy--and helping create in students the characteristics or dispositions critical to maintaining a democracy.

ROGER SODER is senior associate of the Center for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington and vice president of the Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle. JOHN I. GOODLAD is president of the Institute for Educational Inquiry and professor emeritus of the University of Washington. TIMOTHY J. MCMANNON is an instructor at Highline Community College, and senior associate at the Institute for Educational Inquiry.

Foreword (T. McMannon)

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Editors.

The Contributors.

Convergence (J. Goodlad).

Education in a Political Democracy (R. Hoffert).

Democracy Education for More Than the Few (K. Staudt).

Making Democracy Real by Educating for an Ecocentric Worldview (S. Goodlad).

Democracy and Sustainable Economic Worldview (S. Goodlad).

Learning in Layers (M. Bateson).

Cognitive Aspects of Democratic Thinking (B. Csapo).

Public Schooling, Democracy, and Religious Dissent (N. Noddings).

Choice, the American Common School, and Democracy (J. Underwood).

Education for Democracy: The Foundation for Democratic Character (R. Soder).

Index.