The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education

by Diana E. Hess and Paula McAvoy

Book Overview

WINNER 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Education

Helping students develop their ability to deliberate political questions is an essential component of democratic education, but introducing political issues into the classroom is pedagogically challenging and raises ethical dilemmas for teachers. Diana E. Hess and Paula McAvoy argue that teachers will make better professional judgments about these issues if they aim toward creating "political classrooms,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415880998
• ISBN13: 9780415880992
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"