‘The very nature of schooling, both within and outside classrooms or school walls, is political’ is a basic fact that should be taken into account in our discussion of citizenship and democratic politics. Under the umbrella term ‘democratic school(ing)’, it could refer to a number of related notions such as democratic education, equal educational opportunities, democratic or human rights school, democratic leadership, and democratic classroom. These terms point to different components or emphasis ofdemocratic schooling.
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Tse, T.KC. (2009). Teachers and Democratic Schooling. In: Saha, L.J., Dworkin, A.G. (eds) International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 21. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73317-3_20
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