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> <p><strong>Introduction; </strong>Chapter One: What’s wrong with democracy at the moment and why it matters for research and education; <b>Part One: What Went Wrong?; </b>Chapter Two: The Challenge for Researchers and Educators; Chapter Three: What is wrong with contemporary practices of social/collective learning?; Chapter Four: The Organisation and Dis-organisation of Power; Chapter Five: Engaging with power through <i>radical </i>research methodologies; Chapter Six: Radical Educational Strategies; <b>End of Part One: Reflections on the Research and Educational Implications of Chapters 1-6; </b>Reflections: Realising the Challenges to Become a Public; Chapter Seven: What might turn social learning into social movements?; Chapter Eight: What is happening today in terms of social learning becoming social movements?; Chapter Nine: How do you get from social movements to public space?; Chapter Ten: Towards the creation of public spaces (All); Chapter Eleven: New Rules for Research, Social Learning and Creating a Socially Just World; End of Part Two: Discussion on the implications for research education; Discussion: The Critical role of publics in realising futures for a better present; Chapter Twelve: Making it Happen; <strong>Conclusion: No End; </strong>References; Index</p>