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• Title : Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement
• Author : Anne Colby
• Rating : 4.55 (463 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-8-11
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 384 Pages
• Asin : 0787985546
• Language : English

It sounds a clarion call for higher education to embrace once again its historic civic mission--and it shows how administrators and faculty members can work together to do this."William A. Just as important, it shows that academic freedom and deliberation across differences are integral to democratic education. Williams, professor of Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies, Portland State University, for Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Spring 2008 . This book's message is timely and important."Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania and author of Democratic Education“The book is superbly designed and organized, and very well written. Kennedy School of Government"Educating for Democracy is a model of scholarship that is rigorous and interdisciplinary, but accessible and engaged. Colby, Beaumont, Ehrlich, and Corngold make a persuasive case that the undergraduate experience provides a significant pathway to political engagement that has the promise to shift the political discourse for the millennial generation

In this book, coauthors Anne Colby, Elizabeth Beaumont, Thomas Ehrlich, and Josh Corngold show that education for political development can increase students’ political understanding, skill, motivation, and involvement while contributing to many aspects of general academic learning.. Educating for Democracy reports the results of the Political Engagement Project, a study of educational practices at the college level that prepare students for responsible democratic participation

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