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Dewey and Education in the 21st Century: Fighting backAbstract
This paper uses Dewey’s seminal Democracy and Education (1916) as a key text to investigate the concept of the democratic curriculum. I argue that a democratic curriculum is one where a series of educational innovations or procedures are followed. These are: a removal of the exisiting division between ‘academic’ and ‘vocational’ education; pedagogy in the form of discussion and dialogue; negotiation of curriculum aims and objectives with students and other local stakeholders. The focus of attention will be on the English school curriculum (both primary and secondary), especially concerning the National Curriculum, and the debate over ‘standards’ and testing . A tentative link between the democratic curriculum and increased student motivation and participation is made.Citation
Hopkins N. (2018) 'Dewey and the democratic curriculum', in Heilbronn R., Doddington C., Higham R. (ed(s).). Dewey and Education in the 21st Century: Fighting back, 1 edn, : Emerald Publishing pp.141-160.Publisher
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