Education and democratic theory : finding a place for community participation in public school reform / A. Belden Fields and Walter Feinberg ; with the assistance of Nicole Roberts
Democracy in small places -- A failed attempt -- Engaging in democratic discourse democratically (with Norman Denzin) -- Race and school in Ed City (with Norman Denzin) -- The PED's challenge to traditional authority: the school board -- The meeting of bureaucratic and dialogical authority: the district committee -- Cooperation and co-optation -- Conclusion: competing conceptions of democratic education and theory
Summary
Much has been made of the gap between public schools and the communities they serve. This book shows how a group of teachers, parents, and community people in "Ed City" formed an educational reform group-the Project for Educational Democracy-to increase access to decision making in their school system, especially for members of the community who had previously been excluded. A combination of ethnographic research and theoretical reflection, this book addresses concepts of community, authority, representation, participation, and democracy
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index
