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This 8 page paper argues that education and democracy are inextricable. Three areas are explored which are the ideas that democracy should be promoted through public education, that education must be equitable and that there should be separation of church and state. The ideas of Jefferson, Dewey and Plato are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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about memorizing facts. Old methods should be thrown out if newer ones seem to be working better and antiquated ideas do not necessarily have to be included in curriculums. Of
course, just because an idea is old does not mean it needs to be thrown out. On the contrary, some of the best ideas emanated from the Founding Fathers.
John Dewey above all contends that education is something that has a dual purpose. One purposes is to educate for educations sake. In fact, that is the goal for most
educators. Not really a staunch progressivist, Dewey sees the government as having a role in making good citizens of the children because they are the nations future. In this way,
and to some extent, Dewey approves of propaganda. He sees special interests as changing the primary goal of the educational system in democratic territory. Rather than just provide the children
information, they are given information to be utilized in such a way so they can better the world. He sees the important goal of democracy as superseding agendas that do
not live up to this central goal. Hence, government and education are inextricable, something that most realize but do not want to believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but
is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys ideas appear to be alive and well and present in the educational systems of modern America. Yet, while
educational institutions teach the American way of life as best, others suggest that this is wrong. American school systems should not provide opinion, or suggest that anything is better than
another. Rather, no propaganda should be spouted and simply, facts should be relayed to the children so that they can make up their own minds about society. Of course, there
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