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Tiêu đề
Public colleges and democracy
Tác giả
Muzzin L.; Meaghan D.
Năm xuất bản
2014
Source title
Innovation Journal
Số trích dẫn
0
DOI
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Classical liberal democratic theorists stressed that, although formal democracy with a universal franchise was all but inevitable, the success of the democratic experiment depended upon the growth of an educated andinformed electorate. An essential element in the development of civic competence among voters is accessibility to public educational institutions. This article examines three innovative contributions made by Canadian colleges to practices of equity that bring gendered, racialized power relations into view. Based on recent visits to fifty campuses, we argue first that public colleges have a good record in opening access for those students previously excluded from postsecondary education and in tackling the challenging problem of literacy education which is basic for democratic participation; however, they face enduringdifficulties in providing liberal arts education for their students and in recruiting faculty from underserved groups. While college literacy teachers are devoted and skilled educators, they do not feel supported by their administrations in the difficult task of engaging and educating socially oppressed students. Finally, although enrolment statistics suggest that the liberal arts and civic education are alive and well in Canada, we raise a suspicion that education for the practice of democracy through exposure to the liberal arts-including critical analysis inhistoryand the social sciences-falls far short of itspotential.
Từ khóa
Colleges; Democracy; Equity; Faculty; Literacy; Marginalized groups; Restructuring
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Nơi xuất bản
Innovation Journal
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus