{"product_id":"teaching-democracy-unity-and-diversity-in-public-life-9780807742723","title":"Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Walter C. Parker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Aims \u0026amp; Objectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTeaching Democracy\u003c\/i\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\n\u003cli\u003eBridges the widening gap between multicultural education and civic education.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides 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\n\u003cli\u003eExplains the unity-diversity confusion that is found in popular media as well as in multicultural- and citizenship-education initiatives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefines deliberative discussion and explores its promise as the centerpiece of democratic education in schools, both elementary and secondary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614175445143,"sku":"9780807742723","price":3444.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807742723.webp?v=1775091586","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/teaching-democracy-unity-and-diversity-in-public-life-9780807742723","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}