A Musing on Our Times: Democracy as a Way of Life, Conspiracy Theories, and Dewey's Conception of Growth as the Aim of Education

Autor/in	Bullough, Robert V., Jr.
Titel	A Musing on Our Times: Democracy as a Way of Life, Conspiracy Theories, and Dewey's Conception of Growth as the Aim of Education
Quelle	In: Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 57 (2021) 6, S.571-586 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bullough, Robert V., Jr.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1946
DOI	10.1080/00131946.2021.1919678
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Role of Education; Democracy; Social Attitudes; Civil Rights; Political Attitudes; Futures (of Society); Information Literacy; Deception; Quality of Life; Teaching Methods; Individual Development; Neoliberalism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungsauftrag; Demokratie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Informationskompetenz; Täuschung; Lebensqualität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Individuelle Entwicklung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus
Abstract	The rise of various conspiracy theories has left many Americans worried and wondering about the future of democracy. Education has been singled out as part of the solution. Linking Dewey's conception of the purpose of education as growth, the happiness of "eudaimonia," to "pursuit of happiness" as a human right, the author explores recent research related to what education and educators can do to weaken conspiracy thinking while also considering ways of building and strengthening understanding of and commitment to democracy as a distinctive way of life. Noting that democracy is not natural and that the central problem with conspiracy theories is that they undermine human growth, the argument is that rather than bulk up the civics curriculum what is needed most is to rethink the kind and quality of life lived within schools understood as a "special environment," as Dewey said, one within which democracy is both studied and practiced. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01