Investigation of the compatibility of claims in rival curriculum theories for democratic citizenship based on a Schwabean perspective

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

محمود مهر محمدی ¹

1 - استاد گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه تربیت مدرس، تهران، ایران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2012-09-22

Keywords: deliberation criteria, critical theory, Rational humanism theory&emsp, , Citizenship education, Progressivism, Curriculum theory, Democracy and Islam,

Abstract :

This essay is predicated on the assumption that pursuing the goal of democratic citizenship is acceptable within an Islamic view of education. To justify this claim the appeal, among other evidences, is made to the analysis of the term of Islamic Republic coined by the founder of this political system. The bulk of the paper, then, focuses on three rival curriculum theories with the common ideal of democracy as the preferred social order. The three theories are rational humanism, critical and progressivism. To assess the viability of the common claim to democracy and nurturing the quality of democratic citizenship, the author has suggested the criteria of deliberation derived from Schwab’s practical perspective. The scrutiny that followed based on this novel criteria led to the conclusion that progressivism fares more adequate than the other two theories