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Democratic education is education which most appropriately meets the needs of the learner, the community and society. It does this through developing reflective individuals who are collaborative problem-solvers and creative flexible thinkers.
Democratic education is a type of formal education that is organized democratically, so that students can manage their own learning and participate in the governance of their educational environment. Democratic education is often specifically emancipatory, with the students' voices being equal to the teachers'. [1]
Democratic education functions as a privileged nodal point of different political discourses. Two discourses against (elitist and neoliberal) and six discourses pro democratic education (liberal, deliberative, multiculturalist, participatory, critical, and agonistic) construct its meaning.
This Handbook aims to offer an expansive view of the formation of individuals for democratic life and includes a diversity of theoretical traditions, topics, and thinkers that are relevant to the theory and practice of democratic education.
This unprecedented Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most important ideas, issues, and thinkers within democratic education. Its thirty chapters are written by leading experts in the field in an accessible format.
The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education. nted Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most important ideas, issues, a. d thinkers within democratic education. Its 35 chapters are written by leading experts in the field in an accessible form.
This integrative literature review provides one view of how we bridge the theory-to-practice divide (Dogan et. al, 2020; Northcote, 2010). Looking for educators who embraced the theory of democratic education, we searched the literature to expose ways that their practice connected to their paradigm.