Democratic Education
Finding Hope in Challenging Times
Published on 4. March 2026
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-3-0343-6022-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Democratic Education, Bertram Bruce insists that democracy and education rise (and fall) together. He goes beyond the generally accepted formula of education of, by, and for democracy to articulate a commitment to education with democracy - through which "educators and students work to simultaneously transform both education and society to become more democratic." The spirit of both John Dewey (democracy) and Paulo Freire (hope) resonate in the concrete case studies he employs to make his argument.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0343-6022-7 (9783034360227)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Bertram C. Bruce is Professor Emeritus in Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has a BA in biology from Rice University, and a PhD in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Austin. As a scholar focusing on democratic education, he asks how we can guide education by an ecological, humanistic, and ethical vision.