Democratic Education in an Age of Difference: Redefining Citizenship in Higher Education

Democratic Education in an Age of Difference addresses the need for colleges and universities to design educational experiences that promote the objectives of a free society while recognizing and embracing difference. The authors detail some of the experiments taking place across American campuses––among them, learning communities, residential communities, and public service––and reveal how each approach fosters the development of democratic sensibility, citizenship skills, and multicultural appreciation. The book provides an in–depth analysis of many of these exemplary programs and offers educators models that are adaptable to the wide variety of campus environments.

Spis treści:
1. Democracy and Difference: Emerging Concepts of Identity, Diversity, and Community(Richard Guarasci, Grant H. Cornwell)
2. Community Based Learning and Intercultural Citizenship(Richard Guarasci)
3. Finding Community Across Boundaries: Service Learning in Women′s Studies(Mary K. Trigg, Barbara J. Balliet)
4. Residential Colleges: Laboratories for Teaching Through Differnece(Grant H. Cornwell, Eve Stoddard)
5. Learning Communities: Collaborative Approaches to Engaging Differences(Roberta S. Matthews, Daniel J. Lynch)
6. Intergroup Relations, Conflict, and Community(David Schoem)
7. Liberal Education as Intercultural Praxis: Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy(Richard Guarasci, Grant H. Cornwell)

Nota biograficzna:
RICHARD GUARASCI is dean of Hobart College and professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith College in New York. GRANT H. CORNWELL is associate dean and associate professor of philosophy at St. Lawrence University in New York.

Okładka tylna:
Democratic Education in an Age of Difference addresses the need for colleges and universities to design educational experiences that promote the objectives of a free society while recognizing and embracing differen ce. The authors detail some of the experiments taking place across American campuses––among them, learning communities, residential communities, and public service––and reveal how each approach fosters the development of democratic sensibility, citizenship skills, and multicultural appreciation. The book provides an in–depth analysis of many of these exemplary programs and offers educators models that are adaptable to the wide variety of campus environments.