Education for Deliberative Democracy and the Aim of Consensus

Autor/in	Samuelsson, Martin
Titel	Education for Deliberative Democracy and the Aim of Consensus
Quelle	In: Democracy & Education, 26 (2018) 1, Artikel 2 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-3545
Schlagwörter	Group Unity; Democracy; Citizenship Education; Participative Decision Making; Criticism; Barriers; Classroom Communication; Conflict + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppenidentität; Demokratie; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Kritik; Klassengespräch; Konflikt
Abstract	The aim of consensus is essential to deliberative democracy. However, this aim has also been frequently criticized. In this article, I present two different forms of criticism against consensus in democratic education. The first, articulated by scholars of education for democracy, claims that the aim of consensus fails to account for the conflictual nature of democracy and thereby disallows disagreement and dissensus. The second, formulated by classroom practitioners, argues that it disrupts the pattern of communication in classroom discussions. I nevertheless attempt to defend consensus on both accounts by arguing that it is a multifaceted concept that allows for different types of agreements and disagreements to coexist and therefore will stand in the way neither of pluralism nor of dissensus. It also will not necessarily foster undesirable patterns of communication in classroom discussions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01