Democratic constitutions and education

Constitutions and Democratic Breakdowns

Action for Democratic Education

A subtle, yet noticeable, shift is occurring in recent debates over the reform of public schooling. In response to the reform reports of 1983 which stressed the need for schools to prepare workers, more recent reports have instead focused upon the preparation of citizens—in particular, the preparation of democratic citizens.* This new wave of proposals echoes a traditional resistance against th...

Reconstructing Dewey: Dialectics and Democratic Education

This essay aims to demonstrate the theoretical purchase offered by linking Dewey’s educational theory with a rigorous account of dialectical development. Drawing on recent literature which emphasizes the continuing influence of Hegel on Dewey’s thought throughout the latter’s career, this essay reconstructs Dewey’s argument regarding the detrimental effects of “external aims” (e.g., grades, sta...

Discourses of education and constitutions of class: public discourses on education in Swedish PBS television

Eva Reimers, Discourses of education and constitutions of class: public discourses on education in Swedish PBS television, 2014, Discourse. Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, (35), 4, 540-553. Discourse. Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education is available online at informaworldTM: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2013.871228 Copyright: Taylor & Francis (Routledge) http://ww...

Aristotelian constitutions

One of the chief problems about discussing any aspect of Aristotle's political thought, but especially his thinking about constitutions, is the apparent disorder of the Politics. The relatively loose and dialectical nature of the argument is certainly responsible for some of its unevenness: the repetitions, the omissions of promised discussions of particular topics, and the sudden turns, perhap...