Democracy Education and Research

<p>Considering how practices and processes of research and education can create fundamental radical social change <i>Democracy Education and Research</i> assesses the meaning of ‘public impact‘ by rethinking what is meant by ‘public‘ and how it is essential to the methodologies of education and research.</p><p>Focusing on empirical illustrations of the use of research and educational processes in contemporary and emergent forms of social organisation this book:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Covers the traditional forms to be found in education health systems community business and public institutions as well as emergent forms arising from innnovation in technologies.</li> <p> </p> <li>Explores the forms of learning and knowledge creation that take place across the everyday interactions in places of learning communities or workplaces</li> <p> </p> <li>Discusses how learning and knowledge can be intentionally shaped by individuals and groups to effect social and political change </li> <p> </p> <li>Considers the research strategies required to forge new practices new ways of working and living for a more socially just world</li> </ul><p>Including practical examples of research that has created real change <i>Democracy Education and Research</i> will be a vital resource to professional researchers in their roles as teachers educators and activists as well as students of education sociology politics cultural studies. </p>