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The 1994 election marked the end of apartheid in South Africa. Since then, the government and the people of South Africa have been striving to bring to life a vision of democracy. From the start, the role of education in this democratic project has been prominent. The establishment of participatory democracy on local and national levels has been seen as crucial to democratic development, and education has been re-envisioned with the intention both to promote and mirror democratic principles. Yet education remains one area that suffers tremendously under the historical legacy of apartheid and faces difficult odds, particularly in rural areas.
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Seiler, G. (2011). Teaching for Democratic Reconstruction. In: Basu, S.J., Barton, A.C., Tan, E. (eds) Democratic Science Teaching. Cultural Perspectives in Science Education: Research Dialogs, vol 3. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-370-9_6
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