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Civic Learning, Democratic Citizenship and the Public Sphere

This books explores the relationships between learning, democratic citizenship and the public sphere from thee interconnected angles: theory, methodology and research. The main message of the book is that civic learning necessarily has a public character, as it is learning that emerges from engageme...

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Other Authors: Biesta, Gert. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), De Bie, Maria. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wildemeersch, Danny. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
Lifelong learning.
Adult education.
International education .
Comparative education.
Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.
International and Comparative Education.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7259-5
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Civic learning, democratic citizenship and the public sphere; Gert Biesta, Maria De Bie and Danny Wildemeersch
  • 1. Learning in public places; Gert Biesta
  • SECTION 1: THEORY
  • 2. Displacing concepts of social learning and democratic citizenship; Danny Wildemeersch
  • 3. Social services and their educational mandate in the modern nation state; Walter Lorenz
  • 4. Learning Democracy in Social Work; Maria Bouverne-De Bie, Rudi Roose, Filip Coussée and Lieve Bradt
  • 5. Subjectificating socialization for the common good: The case for a democratic offensive in upbringing and education; Micha de Winter
  • SECTION 2: METHODOLOGY
  • 6. Mapping children’s presence in the neighbourhood; Sven De Visscher
  • 7. Research as response: Methodological reflections; Carmen Mathijssen and Danny Wildemeersch
  • 8. Action research and democracy; Rudi Roose, Maria Bouverne-De Bie and Griet Roets
  • 9. Educational research on community building practices: From evaluation to witnessing; Peter Reyskens and Joke Vandenabeele
  • SECTION 3: RESEARCH
  • 10. When the wrong people speak. On bullying as a political problem for democratisation in schools; Carl Anders Säfström
  • 11. Democratic experimentation in early childhood education; Michel Vandenbroeck and Jan Peeters
  • 12. Disturbing pedagogies in Special Youth Care; Karel De Vos
  • 13. Theorizing underlying notions of citizenship in the dynamics of learning in public policy units; Griet Roets and Rudi Roose
  • 14. Education and sustainability issues: an analysis of publics-in-the-making; Katrien Van Poeck and Joke Vandenabeele. Index.  .

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