TY - BOOK ID - 14308578 TI - Learning Democracy in School and Society: Education, Lifelong Learning, and the Politics of Citizenship PY - 2011 SN - 9460915124 9460915116 PB - Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, DB - UniCat KW - Citizenship -- Study and teaching. KW - Continuing education. KW - Democracy -- Study and teaching. KW - Democracy and education. KW - Education. KW - Lifelong learning. KW - Adult education. KW - Lifelong Learning/Adult Education. KW - Adults, Education of KW - Education of adults KW - Education KW - Continuing education KW - Open learning KW - Lifelong education KW - Lifelong learning KW - Permanent education KW - Recurrent education KW - Adult education KW - Children KW - Education, Primitive KW - Education of children KW - Human resource development KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - Schooling KW - Students KW - Youth KW - Civilization KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Mental discipline KW - Schools KW - Teaching KW - Training KW - Citizenship KW - Democracy KW - Study and teaching. KW - Education and democracy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14308578 AB - This book explores the relationships between education, lifelong learning and democratic citizenship. It emphasises the importance of the democratic quality of the processes and practices that make up the everyday lives of children, young people and adults for their ongoing formation as democratic citizens. The book combines theoretical and historical work with critical analysis of policies and wider developments in the field of citizenship education and civic learning. The book urges educators, educationalists, policy makers and politicians to move beyond an exclusive focus on the teaching of citizenship towards an outlook that acknowledges the ongoing processes and practices of civic learning in school and society. This is not only important in order to understand the complexities of such learning. It can also help to formulate more realistic expectations about what schools and other educational institutions can contribute to the promotion of democratic citizenship. The book is particularly suited for students, researchers and policy makers who have an interest in citizenship education, civic learning and the relationships between education, lifelong learning and democratic citizenship. Gert Biesta (www.gertbiesta.com) is Professor of Education at the School of Education, University of Stirling, UK. ER -