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16.044 - Deweyan Discourses on Democracy in a Neoliberal Era: Toward Liberating Education

Thu, April 27, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 217 C

Session Type: Paper Session

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Drawing on Dewey’s ideals of democracy and democratic education, this session will focus on democracy, civic virtues, and the need to advance a counter narrative to the neoliberal agenda for education. The habits of democracy, as set forth by Dewey, serve as a foundation for the discourses necessary to liberate education and realize Dewey’s argument for democratic education.

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