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Democracy and Education

II’’veve come to the frightening conclusion come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.inspiration.

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I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is MY response that all situations, it is MY response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized dehumanized

-- -- Hiam GinottHiam Ginott

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Course Objectives: Course Objectives:

KnowledgeKnowledge

Students will:Students will:

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1.1. Define democracy, Define democracy, democratic society, and democratic society, and civil society.civil society.

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2.2. Define what it means Define what it means to be educated in a to be educated in a democracy.democracy.

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3.3. Develop and defend Develop and defend a rationale for being a rationale for being educated in a democracy.educated in a democracy.

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4.4. Differentiate between Differentiate between education and schooling.education and schooling.

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5.5. Identify the Identify the conditions necessary for the conditions necessary for the functioning of a healthy functioning of a healthy democracy and how they democracy and how they are related to education.are related to education.

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6.6. Identify the Identify the characteristics of a characteristics of a democratic people and how democratic people and how they are related to they are related to education.education.

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7.7. Develop and defend Develop and defend a rationale for how social a rationale for how social justice and equity and justice and equity and education are linked in a education are linked in a democracy.democracy.

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8.8. Develop and defend Develop and defend a rationale for why access a rationale for why access to knowledge is a critical to knowledge is a critical educational goal in a educational goal in a democracy.democracy.

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8.8. Develop and defend Develop and defend a rationale for why access a rationale for why access to knowledge is a critical to knowledge is a critical educational goal in a educational goal in a democracy.democracy.

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9.9. Be familiar with current Be familiar with current perspectives of the strengths perspectives of the strengths of public versus private of public versus private education and between public education and between public school and “charter” schools in school and “charter” schools in a democracy.a democracy.

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10.10. Understand the Understand the moral elements of moral elements of education in a democracy.education in a democracy.

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Required Texts:Required Texts:Schultz, F. (Ed.), (2001). Schultz, F. (Ed.), (2001). Notable Notable selections in educationselections in education. Guilford, CT: . Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.

Zakaria, F. (2003). Zakaria, F. (2003). The future of The future of freedom: Illiberal democracy at home freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroadand abroad. New York, NY: W. W. . New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.Norton & Company.

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Academic Websites:Academic Websites:Helms, R. (2004) Helms, R. (2004) Helms Website. Helms Website.

http://www.ed.wright.edu/~rhelms/home.html

Wright State University. Dayton, OH.Wright State University. Dayton, OH.

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Helms, R. (2004) Helms, R. (2004) Helms Helms Website- Website- ED 210ED 210 http://www.ed.wright.edu/~rhelms/edtwoten/edtwoten.html

Wright State University. Wright State University. Dayton, OH.Dayton, OH.

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Course Requirements:Course Requirements:

1. Class Participation: 1. Class Participation: Each student is expected to attend all Each student is expected to attend all class sessions, complete assigned readings class sessions, complete assigned readings and exercises, and exercises, reference WWW reference WWW resourcesresources prior to class meetings, and prior to class meetings, and contribute through active participation in contribute through active participation in class activities and discussions. class activities and discussions.

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2. In-Class Quizzes: 2. In-Class Quizzes: Specific quizzes on assigned Specific quizzes on assigned readings will be given readings will be given unannounced.unannounced. There are no There are no provisions for make-up of provisions for make-up of these quizzesthese quizzes.

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3. Midterm3. Midterm: : Each student will submit a position Each student will submit a position paper of 4–5 pages on an aspect paper of 4–5 pages on an aspect of education in a democracy of education in a democracy covered in the course during covered in the course during Week One through FiveWeek One through Five

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4. Group Power Point 4. Group Power Point PresentationPresentation: : Working in groups of four or five, Working in groups of four or five, students will be asked to lead students will be asked to lead class participation in a group class participation in a group presentation during Weeks Nine presentation during Weeks Nine and Ten of the quarter.and Ten of the quarter.

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5. Final Essay: 5. Final Essay: This will be an essay This will be an essay of at least of at least 1000 words1000 words that integrates the that integrates the student’s thinking on the major student’s thinking on the major ideas covered in this courseideas covered in this course

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Evaluation Summary:Evaluation Summary:1. Class Participation:1. Class Participation: 50502. 2. In-Class Quizzes: 4 @20 In-Class Quizzes: 4 @20

80803. 3. Midterm:Midterm: 80804. 4. Group Power Point Presentation: Group Power Point Presentation:

80805. 5. Final Exam Essay: Final Exam Essay: 110110

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