Schooling for Democracy in a Time of Global Crisis combines democratic
theory with education practice to address the problem of a schooling
that is for democracy, and points to the possibilities, limits and
tensions of attempting to re-imagine education in more inclusive,
collective and sustainable ways through democratic action.
Contemporary liberal-democratic societies are faced with multiple
complex global crises, which demand a range of responses, including how
education can produce critical and engaged young people with a
collective commitment to tackling the effects of the global climate
crisis, growing social and economic inequalities, political instability,
insecurity, fear and hate. This book examines how more critically
democratic educational policies and practices, and the daily actions of
learners, educators, leaders, communities and societies can work towards
collective well-being, increased civic participation and commitment to
an ecologically sustainable engagement with the planet.
In addition to being a work of critical scholarly analysis, this book
provides a manifesto for the possibilities of contemporary democratic
education in a time of global crisis. This book will be of great
interest to researchers, postgraduate students and policymakers in
education.