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The Possibility of Democratic Educational Research to Nurture Democratic Educators

Roni Jo Draper, Kendra M. Hall, Leigh K. Smith

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Teacher educators have a responsibility to prepare teachers who can promote democratic participation for children and youth. Democratic educational research allows for the democratic participation of everyone with a vested interest in promoting effective and democratic schools. This article argues for the possibility of democratic educational research as a venue for preparing democratic educators. The necessary conditions for creating and sustaining spaces in which people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives can participate in democratic educational research are also described.

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Teacher educators have a responsibility to prepare teachers who can promote democratic participation for children and youth. Democratic educational research allows for the democratic participation of everyone with a vested interest in promoting effective and democratic schools. This article argues for the possibility of democratic educational research as a venue for preparing democratic educators. The necessary conditions for creating and sustaining spaces in which people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives can participate in democratic educational research are also described.

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Teacher educators have a responsibility to prepare teachers who can promote democratic participation for children and youth. Democratic educational research allows for the democratic participation of everyone with a vested interest in promoting effective and democratic schools. This article argues for the possibility of democratic educational research as a venue for preparing democratic educators. The necessary conditions for creating and sustaining spaces in which people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives can participate in democratic educational research are also described.

Key concepts: Democracy, Nature versus nurture, Democratic education, Democratic theory, Pedagogy, Democratic ideals, Political science, Sociology

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