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Junior School Councils: More Than a Game!

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Stearman, Helen – Practically Primary, 1999

Defends student councils as effective vehicles for teaching democratic literacy. Presents guidelines for effective council activities as well as suggestions for integrating a student council into an already crowded school program. (NH)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Democracy, Elementary Education, Empowerment

Is There Still a Space for Negotiating the Curriculum?

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Johnston, Scott; McCausland, Mike – English in Australia, 1999

Follows the progress of "negotiation" (a force for democratizing the curriculum) in Tasmanian English classrooms, claiming it (1) allows a fluid space where teachers and students can work together; (2) provides an alternative to direct and indirect political influence over curriculum construction; and (3) has the potential to empower…

Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy