WINNER 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Education Helping students develop their ability to
deliberate political questions is an essential component of democratic education, but …

Many teachers advocate teaching students to deliberate on controversial political issues as
a powerful way of preparing them for political participation. Support for this approach …

Uses data collected from multiple studies, starting with Obama s historic 2008 candidacy
through his reelection in 2012, to offer recommendations on best practices. Many social …

From 2005 to 2009, we were engaged in a longitudinal study of high school classes that
included deliberations about controversial political issues. The purpose of the study was …

A particularly contentious event, the 2016 US Presidential Election presented distinct
challenges to identity politics in the classroom. This article examines a case study of a White …

Do our educational systems encourage, support, and cultivate a democratic experience for
students? The debate over democracy in education could be characterized in terms of …

Educating for Democracy reports the results of the Political Engagement Project, a study of
educational practices at the college level that prepare students for responsible democratic …

At the level of rhetoric, most educators, policymakers, and citizens agree that developing
students' capacities and commitments for effective and democratic citizenship is important …

In democratic societies, discussion in schools is viewed as a critical component of
citizenship education. This should not be surprising given both the theoretical and practical …

Background/Context The literature on classroom discussion often undercuts itself by treating
discussion only as an instructional method, confining its role to the instrumental. Although …