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Identifying Soft Democratic Education: Uncovering the Range of Civic and Cultural Choices in Instructional Materials
2009
The Social Studies
Although student deliberation of public issues is recognized as a vital component of democratic education, little research focuses on the range of perspectives available to students during such deliberation. Social justice and legitimacy demand a wide range of inclusion, choices, and perspectives during student deliberation. This article contrasts soft versus deliberative democratic education, where the range of perspectives is correspondingly narrow or broad. Unfortunately, research shows that
doi:10.3200/tsss.100.3.136-142
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