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Misco, Thomas – Education and Culture, 2014
This paper focuses on the primary problem of the public, as advanced in "The Public and its Problems," which Dewey described as the need to improve "methods of debate, discussion, and persuasion" for the purposes of "perfecting the process of inquiry" (Dewey, 1927/1954, p. 208). I first situate these modes of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, Democracy, Inquiry
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Misco, Thomas – Intercultural Education, 2013
Broaching controversial issues with critical reflective thought is integral to a democratic education and during the past few decades China has gradually reconceptualized its moral education curricula toward this end. Therefore, this study sought to explore the extent to which controversial issues are addressed and reflective thinking is developed…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Reflection, Critical Thinking, Asians