Deliberative Democracy and Adult Civic Education

Autor/inn/en	Carcasson, Martin; Sprain, Leah
Titel	Deliberative Democracy and Adult Civic Education
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2012) 135, S.15-23 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.20022
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adult Education; Citizenship Education; Democracy; Elementary Secondary Education; Civics; Political Issues; Social Problems; Democratic Values + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Citizenship; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Demokratie; Staatsbürgerkunde; Politischer Faktor; Social problem; Soziales Problem
Abstract	Adult education programs should turn to the deliberative democracy movement in order to help their communities better address the "wicked problems" they face. The authors contend that due to the "wicked" nature of problems in the diverse democracies, communities must develop and sustain their capacity for deliberative democracy and collaborative problem solving through the high-quality interactive communication across perspectives fostered by deliberative democracy. As a result, civic education programs at all levels--K-12, higher education, and adult education--should be tapping into the resources and activities tied to the deliberative democracy movement in order to help build civic capacity. The authors begin this chapter by introducing the concept of wicked problems and outlining how the two currently dominant forms of politics--adversarial and expert--fall short in responding to such problems. They then introduce deliberative democracy as an alternative form of politics that holds particular promise. They connect these three forms of politics to current trends within civic education and make the case for civic education programs to significantly increase the extent to which they focus on developing deliberative capacity. They close by considering how adult education programs in particular can develop this capacity and take advantage of the available resources tied to deliberative democracy. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10