What is it about?
Humanity’s most serious problems are political, not technical. They require political abilities, knowledge and persistence to solve. Universities across the world are beginning to teach nonpartisan practical politics to help people improve the human condition. This chapter shows what we can learn from real-world models of classroom practice and university-wide approaches to collaborative networks and national policies across the world.
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Why is it important?
Universities educate people who run most institutions and produce ideas and methods that guide society. University research contributed to dramatic improvements in health, productivity and other areas of life. University-educated professionals also lead organisations that create global heating, loss of biodiversity, economic inequality and other dangers. Also, many non-graduates feel left behind and excluded from decisions by educated elites, contributing to social and political polarisation. Universities therefore share responsibility for flaws in society. This chapter gives academics, students, citizens and policy-makers practical examples of how to develop nonpartisan civic and political education to help people from all backgrounds to solve social problems better.
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This is in a book "Who’s Afraid of Political Education?: The Challenge to Teach Civic Competence and Democratic Participation" edited by Dr. Henry Tam, with chapters on each sector of education.
Titus Alexander
Democracy Matters
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This page is a summary of: Universities’ role in teaching practical politics, May 2023, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/jj.2711500.13.
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