Beyond the Silence: Listening for Democracy

by Cynthia McDermott, Lois Bridges Bird, Frances Moore Lappé, et al.

Grades K - 12 Foreword by Frances Moore Lapp Afterword by Peter McLaren What is a democratic classroom? For Cynthia McDermott and her colleagues it is a place where all of the participants-students, teachers, and paraprofessionals-have a voice in the decisions that are made. It is not a place of chaos, nor is it a place where authority figures dictate and govern classroom life. It's an environment where deliberate, conscious, caring, and ethical decisions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325000727
• ISBN13: 9780325000725
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Interesting and practical

This collection is an interesting look at democratic education. It combines some theoretical essays with various teachers and students talking about their experiences using democratic techniques in their classrooms. It's a nice chance to get a glimpse of how things can work.