The Democratic-Republican Societies: An Educational Dream Deferred

Autor/in	Dotts, Brian W.
Titel	The Democratic-Republican Societies: An Educational Dream Deferred
Quelle	In: Educational Horizons, 88 (2010) 3, S.179-192 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-175X
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; Clubs; Opportunities; Historians; Public Education; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Philosophy; Educational Objectives; Citizen Participation; Citizen Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Club; Klub; Möglichkeit; Historian; Historiker; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Bürgerinitiative
Abstract	Historians often identify Horace Mann and other middle-class reformers of the mid-nineteenth century as the catalysts of the Common School Movement, the forerunner of today's public school systems. Despite education historians' focus on Mann and his ilk as the original advocates of common schooling, the notion of free universal public education actually originated among several democratic clubs. Identified today generally as Democratic-Republican societies, the clubs' radical conception of education connected learning to reason, deliberation, and democratic action, derived from the revolutionary spirit that had fueled a desire for knowledge for its own sake among many better-informed colonists. This article discusses how the Democratic-Republican societies understood the importance of public education for enhancing civic opportunity and public deliberation, not simply economic opportunity and explains that only education and enlightenment could sufficiently enable commoners to recognize tyranny in its various forms. (Contains 3 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10