{"product_id":"teaching-democracy-walter-c-parker-9780807742723","title":"Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTeaching Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e, Walter Parker makes a unique and thoughtful contribution to the hot debate between proponents of multicultural education and those who favor a cultural literacy approach. Parker conclusively demonstrates that educating for democratic citizenship in a multicultural society includes a fundamental respect for diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis scholarly yet accessible work: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bridges the widening gap between multicultural education and civic education.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Provides powerful teaching strategies that educators can use to draw children creatively and productively into a way of life that protects and nurtures cultural pluralism and racial equity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Explains the unity-diversity confusion that is found in popular media as well as in multicultural- and citizenship-education initiatives.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Defines deliberative discussion and explores its promise as the centerpiece of democratic education in schools, both elementary and secondary.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter C. Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807742724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807742723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.38w x 0.57d","brand":"Walter C. Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994155942143,"sku":"9780807742723","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_272fa2a4-cb41-496a-aab4-268c372c600d.jpg?v=1683328458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-democracy-walter-c-parker-9780807742723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}