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Närvänen, Anna Liisa; Elvstrand, Helene – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2015
The aim of the article is to explore how pedagogues in Swedish leisure-time centres interpret and make sense of what may be meant by children's participation. We also focus on ambivalences and competing interpretations of participation and how pedagogues argue for or against divergent interpretations. The material consists of 18 digitally recorded…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, After School Programs, Student Participation, Democracy
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Lundegard, Iann; Wickman, Per-Olof – Environmental Education Research, 2012
A great deal of the ongoing discussion about environmental education and education for sustainable development has to do with democracy and deliberation. Here, for example, the normative approach has been challenged. As an alternative, there is sometimes a call for a curriculum and education that is characterized by democracy, participation, and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Democracy, Classroom Environment, Sustainable Development
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Bladh, Stephan; Heimonen, Marja – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2007
In this paper, the authors discuss the influence of democracy and law on music education in Sweden and Finland, and the potential for music education as training in democracy. The latter consideration can be instructive regardless of the nation, or its laws and paradigms of music education. The theoretical background is based on Jurgen Habermas'…
Descriptors: Music Education, Democratic Values, Educational Legislation, Democracy