Democracy in education: a philosophical analysis and ethnographic case study

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Barbara S.en
dc.contributor.committeechairLalik, Rosary V.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNespor, Jan K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKelly, Patricia P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGarrison, James W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRothschild, Joyceen
dc.contributor.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:15:41Zen
dc.date.adate2007-07-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:15:41Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2007-07-10en
dc.date.sdate2007-07-10en
dc.description.abstractA philosophical and historical review of the evolving and growing definition of democratic education through the writings of John Dewey, Nel Noddings, and Joyce Rothschild was accomplished in a literature review that included commentaries from the works of Jesse Goodman, John Goodlad, Amy Gutmann, Hugh Sockett, Kenneth Strike, and Maxine Greene, and others. The review of literature leads up the to the ethnographic case study of an alternative school that has been in existence for twenty-two years and is a member of the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools. As an ethnographic work, I "write the culture" as I find it at Connectionist School with a special interest in the systemic, organic differences between their democratic organization and traditional bureaucratic public and private schools. The study is a contribution to school reform efforts that are directed toward transformation of schools (Goodlad, 1990; Strike, 1993; Sockett, 1993) and emphasizes the need for a pervasive ethic of care (Noddings, 1984, 1992).en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentx, 387 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07102007-142520en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102007-142520/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/38751en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1993.S658.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 29530082en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1993.S658en
dc.subject.lcshDemocracy -- Case studiesen
dc.subject.lcshManagement -- Employee participation -- Case studiesen
dc.subject.lcshNon-formal education -- United States -- Case studiesen
dc.titleDemocracy in education: a philosophical analysis and ethnographic case studyen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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