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The Erosion of Democracy: From Critique to Possibilitiesreviewed by Diana E. Hess & Anand R. Marri - 2002 Title: The Erosion of Democracy: From Critique to Possibilities Author(s): John P. Portelli & R.Patrick Solomon Publisher: Detselig Enterprises Ltd., Alberta ISBN: 1550592149, Pages: 328, Year: 2001 Search for book at Amazon.com The Erosion of Democracy in Education: From Critique to
Possibilities is an edited book of twelve essays by Canadian
scholars who argue that recent educational reforms are eroding
democracy in education, and by extension, harming the quality of
democracy in Canada. The co-editors are John P. Portelli (Professor
at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University
of Toronto) and R. Patrick Solomon (Associate Professor in the
Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto). Both are
scholars in the critical theory tradition who advocate a conception
of democracy that is “classical, participatory, public, and
critical” instead of the “contemporary, representative,
privatized, and managed” conception embedded in many of the
educational reforms they oppose (p. 18). Portelli and Solomon have
assembled an impressive array of essays that critique whether a
range of educational reforms and trends (including common
standards, standardized tests, corporate involvement in the
schools, and outcome-based education) can contribute to democratic
schooling. The collective answer, in short, is no. The authors
argue that these... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Diana Hess
University of Wisconsin-Madison E-mail Author Diana Hess is an assistant professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on how students learn to discuss controversial legal and political issues.
- Anand Marri
University of Wisconsin-Madison E-mail Author Anand Marri is a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose research examines how secondary teachers teach with and for multicultural democracy.
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