Educon Presentation: Supporting Democracy Beyond Content
I will be leading a conversation about how our schools can support democracy at EduCon in about an hour. I may edit this post with some reflections after the fact, but for now I want to make sure there’s an easily accessible link to the Google documents we’ll be using.
Here’s a document for sharing visions and definitions of democracy.
Here’s a document for sharing ideas about the skills citizens need in a democracy.
Here’s a document for planning some changes we can make to our schools and communities to help people build those skills.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.