Democracy Is in the Details: Small Writing Groups Prefiguring a New Society

Autor/inn/en	Hurtig, Janise; Adams, Hal
Titel	Democracy Is in the Details: Small Writing Groups Prefiguring a New Society
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2010) 128, S.15-25 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.387
Schlagwörter	Popular Education; Teacher Role; Parent School Relationship; Parent Participation; Writing (Composition); Writing Workshops; Democracy; Teaching Methods; Literary Criticism; Reader Text Relationship; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Directed Groups; Feedback (Response); Role of Education; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Befreiungspädagogik; Lehrerrolle; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Schreibübung; Demokratie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Literaturkritik; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	The purpose of this chapter is to explore the intersection of three facets of the Community Writing Project's (CWP) small writing workshops that are at the core of its democratic practice: (1) legitimating the experiences and stories of ordinary people as expressions of their cultural work in the world; (2) fostering a mutual relationship of the individual and the group; and (3) the transitional process by which the role of educator is increasingly assumed by the group, such that learning and teaching occur as a free exchange of ideas. In these ways popular education leaps from being a humanistic, progressive approach to education to providing a vision, however modest, of an egalitarian world. Drawing on examples from adult writing groups the authors have taught in marginalized communities in Chicago and Minneapolis, they present an egalitarian approach to teaching and learning that promotes democracy and eliminates hierarchical roles and relationships in classrooms and other educational settings. They conclude the chapter by reflecting on some of the challenges that they have faced in their efforts to create democratic educational spaces within writing workshops. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10