Democratic Education

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ISBN: 9780691009162 | 0691009163
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Copyright: 3/29/1999

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Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions.

Preface to the Revised Edition

Introduction: Back to Basics

(1)

Why a Theory?

(3)

Why a Democratic Theory?

(8)

Why Focus on Education?

(2)

Translating Theory into Practice

(3)

States and Education

(29)

The Family State

(6)

The State of Families

(5)

The State of Individuals

(8)

A Democratic State of Education

(7)

The Purposes of Primary Education

(23)

Deliberation and Democratic Character

(3)

Amoralism

(1)

Liberal Neutrality

(2)

Moralism

(8)

Parental Choice

(7)

Dimensions of Democratic Participation

(24)

Levels of Democratic Control

(4)

Democratic Professionalism

(4)

Teachers' Unions

(9)

Democracy within Schools

(7)

The Limits of Democratic Authority

(32)

Banning and Approving Books

(4)

Teaching Creationism and Civics

101

(6)

Sex Education and Sexist Education

107

(8)

Private Schools

115

(7)

Dissent within Public Schools

122

(1)

Separating Moral from Religious Education

123

(2)

Limiting the Limits

125

(2)

Distributing Primary Schooling

127

(45)

Interpreting Equal Educational Opportunity

128

(11)

Financing Public Schools

139

(9)

Educating the Disadvantaged

148

(12)

Integrating Schools

160

(10)

The Demands of Democratic Opportunity

170

(2)

The Purposes of Higher Education

172

(22)

Academic Freedom and Freedom of the Academy

175

(6)

Educating Officeholders

181

(4)

Fostering Associational Freedom

185

(9)

Distributing Higher Education

194

(38)

Nondiscrimination

195

(9)

Racial Discriminations

204

(14)

Compensatory College Education

218

(4)

Funding Higher Education

222

(10)

Extramural Education

232

(24)

Outside of Families and Schools

233

(2)

Libraries

235

(3)

Television and Democratic Education

238

(6)

Television and Democratic Culture

244

(8)

New Technology

252

(4)

Educating Adults

256

(26)

Adults and Democratic Culture

256

(14)

Adults and Higher Education

270

(3)

Illiteracy: Back Again to Basics

273

(9)

CONCLUSION: THE PRIMACY OF POLITICAL EDUCATION

282

(10)

Discretion in Work and Participation in Politics

282

(5)

Political Education

287

(1)

Democratic Education and Democratic Theory

288

(4)

Epilogue: Challenges of Civic Minimalism, Multiculturalism, and Cosmopolitanism

292

(25)

Works Cited

317

(22)

Index

339

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