Educating for Democratic Consciousness

Contents: Daniel Schugurensky: Foreword. Democracy Does Not Fall From the Sky - Paul R. Carr/Ali A. Abdi: Framing Contemporary Democracy and the Potential for Counterhegemonic Possibilities - Ali A. Abdi: Recontextualizing and Reculturing Education for «Democratic» Consciousness: Social and Philosophical Analyses - Paul R. Carr: Reshaping the Democratic Truth, and Rethinking Democracy without Elections - George J. Sefa Dei: Democratic Education, Thinking Out Differently - Ranilce Guimarães-Iosif: Reinventing Democracy: Challenges and Counterhegemonic Alternatives for Brazilian Education - Pierre Orelus: Relocating the Debate on Democracy, Language, and Schooling: Challenges for Educators Working with Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students - Lynette Shultz: The End of the Obedient Neoliberal Citizen: Differential Consciousness and Reimagining Citizenship in a Time of Transformation - Dennis Carlson: Democratic Public Education in the Age of Empire and the Multitude - Randy Hoover: Animating Democracy: The Civic and Pedagogical Imperatives - Peter Pericles Trifonas: What We Are Willing to Know: Deconstructing UNESCO - M. Ayaz Naseem/Adeela Arshad-Ayaz: Education and Democracy under Neoliberal Knowledge Imperialism - Michael O'Sullivan: Challenging Neoliberal Anti-Intellectualism, Consumerism, and Utilitarianism: Achieving Deweyian and Freirean Visions of Critically Engaged Citizens - Gina Thésée: Democracy as a Practice of Resistance and Resilience against Tyranny - William M. Reynolds: Iron Man Democracy: Militainment and Democratic Possibilities - Noah De Lissovoy: Inventing Democracy: Teaching and Togetherness - Kristina R. Llewellyn/Joel Westheimer: Vibrant Democracy Requires More Than Facts and Acts: «Ordinary Politics» for Youth Political Engagement - Angela Stienen/Carl E. James: Multiculturalism and Democratization in Switzerland and Canada - Vicki Macris: National Identity and the Education of Immigrants: Greece and the Rights of «Non-Citizens».