Education and the challenges for democracy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.8243

Keywords:

democracy, civic education, democratic education, education reform, education inequality

Abstract

This introductory essay for the special issue, “Education and the Challenges for Democracy,” proposes challenges to democracy call for a reexamination of the relationship of democracy to democratic education. The essay describes the challenges to democracy, how those challenges impact democratic education and how education can address those challenges, followed by a summary of six peer reviewed papers that examine the relationship of education to democracy in Japan, Singapore, South Africa and the United States. The essay concludes with a discussion of the significance of these papers to understand the dialectical relationship between education and democracy, and their implications for research, policy and practice.

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Author Biography

Fernando M. Reimers, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at Harvard University. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Education and the International Academy of Education.

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Published

2023-09-19

How to Cite

Reimers, F. M. (2023). Education and the challenges for democracy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 31. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.8243

Issue

Vol. 31 (2023)

Section

Education and the Challenges of Democracy

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