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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"democratic communities"”.
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Changes in the valley : the role of the individual in community development
… deemed essential to the creation of strong and democratic communities. This thesis expands upon traditional discussions of "civic skills" as a prerequisite for participation. It considers the role of individual development in the field of community development. The relationship between …
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Socrates café: an effective mechanism for realising a more participatory democracy?
… Socrates Café – which strives to establish democratic communities of philosophical inquiry – has successfully embodied the stated goals of the non-profit Society for Philosophical Inquiry, or SPI, as enumerated on the website www.philosopher.org. These goals are to support “philosophical …
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Reconciliation, Rhetoric, And The Return Of The Political To Its Practical Calling
… will never come, but that we, as citizens of democratic communities, must take as our goal.
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Investigations into children’s participation and agency: working towards change in classroom practices and cultures
… investigated the extent of the children’s democratic engagement and the development of a more democratically participatory space where they can exercise agency both as learners and as participants in democratic communities. This work also contributed in new ways to children’s agency as …
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Recycled Modernity: Google, Immigration History, and the Limits for H-1B
… suggests a limited commitment to the global communities invoked by information technology. The history of American industry produced corporations determined to control and exploit every detail of their affairs. In the process, industrial corporations used immigration as a labor resource. …
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Living together in the classroom: the coparticipatory construction of preservice teacher and novice student identities
… structures individuals open spaces to become democratic communities of learners who are constructing meaning about self and other.
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A Deweyan Perspective on Knowledge Producing Schools: Re-creative technologies for communities of inquirers
… and the connections between schools and the communities in which schools are embedded. KPS schools attempts, through New Literacies, to bring out-of-school practices into schools, in an effort to make students' schooling experiences overall and those incorporating technology more relevant. …