This book develops Barbara Thayer-Bacon’s relational and pluralistic democratic theory, as well as translates that socio-political philosophical theory into educational theory and recommendations for school reform in American public schools.
Barbara Thayer-Bacon
Barbara Thayer-Bacon
Recognizing Barbara Thayer-Bacon for her prolific research and scholarship in the area of education.
Beyond Liberal Democracy in Schools: The Power of Pluralism
Author: Barbara Thayer-Bacon
In this unique union of philosophy and ethnographic research, Thayer-Bacon explains how the individualist legacy of liberal democracy, as conceived by Locke and Rosseau, ignores and excludes the needs of American students raised in cultures with strong communal traditions.