Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era
Emphasizing Truth in the Education of Citizens
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 September 2024
- ISBN 9780197775882
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 236x164x19 mm
- Weight 381 g
- Language English 524
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Short description:
Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era asserts that honesty is an important component in a healthy democracy and yet very few schools overtly teach it. This book describes what honesty is, how it is connected to truth, why both are important to and at risk in democracies today, and how we should teach them in schools.
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Democracy is struggling in an age of populism and post-truth. In a world swirling with competing political groups stating conflicting facts, citizens are left unsure whom to trust and which facts are true. The role of honesty in civic life is in jeopardy. When we lose sight of the importance of honesty, it hampers our ability to solve pressing problems. Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era asserts that to better enable young citizens to successfully engage in civic inquiry, the role of honesty must be foregrounded within education.
The book posits that honesty is a key component of a well-functioning democracy. Building upon this foundation, Sarah M. Stitzlein defines what honesty is, how it is connected to truth, and why both are important to and at risk in democracies today. Furthermore, the chapters offer guidance on how honesty and truth should be taught in schools. Situated within the philosophical perspective of pragmatism, the book examines the relationships between honesty, truth, trust, and healthy democratic living and provides recommendations for improving citizenship education and our ability to engage in civic reasoning.
Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era offers an improved path forward within our schools by detailing how to cultivate habits of truth-seeking and truth-telling. Such honesty will better enable citizens to navigate our difficult political moment and increase the likelihood that citizens can craft long-term solutions for democratic life together.
In a time of Big Lies and online disinformation about everything from the climate to elections, the notion that honesty is a crucial democratic good is a refreshing, even radical idea. Building on the pragmatist insights of John Dewey, Stitzlein not only defends the social value of honesty, she explores how we can, and must, put that value into action in educational practice. The result is a deeply original, engagingly written and much-needed articulation of truth's role in democratic life." - Michael Patrick Lynch, author of Know-it-All Society; Provost Professor of Humanities, University of Connecticut
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Honesty and Democracy
Chapter 2: Honesty and the World Today
Chapter 3: Teaching Honesty
Chapter 4: Teaching Honesty as a Part of Teaching Dissent
Chapter 5: The Role of Honesty in Teaching about Controversial Issues
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Index
