Education for Democracy

Calls for language education to be retheorized to make it serve education for democracy. Highlights the relationship of language and power. Suggests that progressive language educators' theories-in-practice may well just be a kinder, gentler way to maintain those systems of dominance that keep...

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Published in:Language arts 1994-04, Vol.71 (4), p.252-257
Main Author: EDELSKY, CAROLE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corporations
Critical theory
Curricula
Democracy
Education
Education reform
Educational Issues
Educational Theories
Elementary Education
Language Usage
Literary criticism
Management education
Politics of Education
Poverty
Power Structure
Resource Allocation
Social Responsibility
Tax policy
Total quality management
Writing instruction
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Summary:Calls for language education to be retheorized to make it serve education for democracy. Highlights the relationship of language and power. Suggests that progressive language educators' theories-in-practice may well just be a kinder, gentler way to maintain those systems of dominance that keep democracy as far away as ever. (RS)
ISSN:0360-9170
1943-2402
DOI:10.58680/la199425197