(Un)Democratic Curriculum for a Democratic Educational World
Let’s dream about that educational world where every child truly is free to make her/his learning decision and they are well supported, encouraged, and succeed. I am taking John Dewey’s stance to define a democratic curriculum that needs “a continuous rec
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Un-Democratic Acts New Departures for Dialogues in Society and Schools
Edited by Charles Lowery Ohio University, USA Anthony Walker Tarrant County College, USA and Cornell Thomas Texas Christian University, USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Dissonance, Divergence, and Democracy: An Introduction Charles Lowery, Anthony Walker and Cornell Thomas 2. Race to De-Democratization: The Militarization, Commodification, and Hyper-Politicization of Education Charles Lowery
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3. From Reactive to Proactive: Defining One’s Own Identity Cornell Thomas
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4. Good Intentions vs. Intentional Advocacy Anthony Walker
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5. An Un-American Horror Story: Reflections of a Writing Center Coordinator51 Chris Herren 6. Democracy Denied: Public Education’s Most Immoral Act Michael Hess
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7. (Un)Democratic Curriculum for a Democratic Educational World Chetanath Gautam
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8. Fostering Democratic Practices in the Classroom: An Ontological Model Uchenna Baker
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9. The Flag Cornell Thomas
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10. W.E.B. DuBois: Elitist or Realist? Cornell Thomas
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11. Confused123 Katie Hockema 12. Skool Daze Jon Deaux
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13. No More Dikes or Dams Cornell Thomas
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14. Achieving Consonance in Public School Misery Elizabeth Kittleman
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15. Negotiating Visibility and Surveillance: ‘Social Movement Ecology Framework’ to Explore the Interplay between Surveillance, Social Movement, and Mediatization Imran Mazid 16. Ubuntu Leadership: Let Us Begin the Work Cornell Thomas
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CHARLES LOWERY, ANTHONY WALKER AND CORNELL THOMAS
1. DISSONANCE, DIVERGENCE, AND DEMOCRACY An Introduction
In our previous collection of critical essays, Un-American Acts, we explored the notion of identity—identity as it situates the young as students and citizens in U.S. schooling and society. From the beginning our project was looked at from the lens of invisibility and cloaking (or masking). We felt that in order to best entertain an authentic investigation and respect new perspectives on identity and invisibility, masks and cloaks, we as editors and contributors had to approach the project organically. To do this we allowed each piece to emerge and take on, well, the author’s unique voice and ulti
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