TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards democratic foundations

T2 - A Habermasian perspective on the politics of education

AU - Carleheden, Mikael

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - A central aspect of education has always been the passing on of norms and values. This task is not fulfilled if pupils only learn the meaning of established norms and values. It is also about making pupils believe in them and to act according to them. Thus, teaching is also a kind of political socialization. The values taught change historically and this change is related to the political history of a society. Western societies currently are in the middle of a normative transformation. The question is which normative significance this general social transformation has for contemporary education. The answer is that schools should make a radicalized understanding of democratic citizenship its normative foundation. Jrgen Habermas's theory of democracy is the general point of departure.

AB - A central aspect of education has always been the passing on of norms and values. This task is not fulfilled if pupils only learn the meaning of established norms and values. It is also about making pupils believe in them and to act according to them. Thus, teaching is also a kind of political socialization. The values taught change historically and this change is related to the political history of a society. Western societies currently are in the middle of a normative transformation. The question is which normative significance this general social transformation has for contemporary education. The answer is that schools should make a radicalized understanding of democratic citizenship its normative foundation. Jrgen Habermas's theory of democracy is the general point of departure.

U2 - 10.1080/00220270600628229

DO - 10.1080/00220270600628229

M3 - Journal article

VL - 38

SP - 521

EP - 543

JO - Journal of Curriculum Studies

JF - Journal of Curriculum Studies

SN - 0022-0272

IS - 5

ER -