Political and social expectations are often stymied and distorted by individual and communal identities-creating vastly incongruent and unrelated lived experiences, often within the same context. Democratic Education as Inclusion explores how the existence and enactments of diversity continue to present ubiquitous epicenters of misreading, misrecognition, and missed opportunities for peaceful co-existence-whether in established, or nascent democracies. Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid study how the public sphere has never held the same meaning to all individuals or groups. As such, there are deep implications for differentiated experiences of citizenship, between those who are included in the center of the sphere, and those who are excluded on the margins. This book explains the dyadic relationship between inclusion and exclusion and how it is not limited to the public sphere, or to broader conceptions of democratic citizenship. It is as apparent in educational settings, presenting under-explored complexities not only for teaching and learning, but for the life experiences of participants in teaching-learning. Often the foundational norms put into place during educational initiations become the primary determinants of how young people conceive of themselves as citizens, and how they conceive of themselves in relation to others.

About the Author

Nuraan Davids is associate professor of philosophy of education, and the chairperson of the Department of Education Policy Studies in the faculty of education at Stellenbosch University.

Yusef Waghid is distinguished professor of philosophy of education in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University.

Book Information
ISBN 9781793652362
Author Nuraan Davids
Format Hardback
Page Count 154
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 413g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 160mm * 18mm