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    Philosophy of education in a new key: Snapshot 2020 from the United States and Canada.Liz Jackson, Kal Alston, Lauren Bialystok, Larry Blum, Nicholas C. Burbules, Ann Chinnery, David T. Hansen, Kathy Hytten, Cris Mayo, Trevor Norris, Sarah M. Stitzlein, Winston C. Thompson, Leonard Waks, Michael A. Peters & Marek Tesar - 2022 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 54 (8):1130-1146.
    This article shares reflections from members of the community of philosophers of education in the United States and Canada who were invited to express their insights in response to the theme ‘Snaps...
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    Divisive Concepts in Classrooms: A Call to Inquiry.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2022 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 41 (6):595-612.
    In this article, I will begin by describing recent divisive concepts legislation, which bans teaching about aspects of racism, sexism, and equity, speculating briefly on the motivations behind it and the implications resulting from it. I will then describe how discussing divisive concepts in classrooms may be a helpful way for students to better understand the particular concepts and for students to take a stand on them. While I will briefly argue for the importance of classroom discussion of divisive concepts, (...)
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    Habits of Democracy: A Deweyan Approach to Citizenship Education in America Today.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2014 - Education and Culture 30 (2):61-86.
    Throughout his works, John Dewey makes deep and intriguing connections between democracy, education, and daily life. His ideas have contributed to both the theory and practice of participatory democracy and, although he actually “had surprisingly little to say about democratic citizenship” directly, his scholarship has influenced the ideas of others working on citizenship education and has provided rich notions of democracy, education, experience, and public life underlying it.1 However, Dewey commentators Michael Eldridge and Robert Westbrook worry that, although Dewey promoted (...)
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    The Role of “Small Publics” in Teacher Dissent.Sarah M. Stitzlein & Amy Rector-Aranda - 2016 - Educational Theory 66 (1-2):165-180.
    In this essay, Sarah Stitzlein and Amy Rector-Aranda, drawing on John Dewey's theoretical suggestions regarding how to best form publics capable of bringing about change through deliberation and action, offer teachers guidance on how to form and navigate spaces of political protest and become more effective advocates for school reform. Using Aaron Schutz's analysis of teacher activism as a point of departure, Stitzlein and Rector-Aranda argue for the development in schools of “small publics,” that is, Deweyan democratic spaces within which (...)
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    Private Interests, Public Necessity: Responding to Sexism in Christian Schools.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2008 - Educational Studies: A Jrnl of the American Educ. Studies Assoc 43 (1):45-57.
    This synthetic review aims to unite a seemingly disjoint collection of studies over the past 3 decades around their shared examination of sexism in an often overlooked U.S. population, namely girls attending private Christian schools. This undertaking reveals substantial harms that I categorize as those of immediacy and potentiality, which are occurring behind the protective wall separating church and state. Contra the majority of philosophers of education and researchers in this area, these studies lead me to argue that the state (...)
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    Hoping and Democracy.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2018 - Contemporary Pragmatism 15 (2):228-250.
    Too often, hope is described in individualist terms and in ways that do not help us understand contemporary democracy or offer ways to improve it. Instead, I develop an account of hope situated within pragmatist philosophy that is rooted in the experiences of individuals and grows out of real life circumstances, yet cannot be disconnected from social and political life. This account can help us to better face current political struggles related to hopelessness and despair, all the while building democratic (...)
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    Cautious Hope Regarding Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2024 - Philosophy of Education 80 (1):15-23.
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    Improving Public Schools Through the Dissent of Parents: Opting Out of Tests, Demanding Alternative Curricula, Invoking Parent Trigger Laws, and Withdrawing Entirely.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2015 - Educational Studies: A Jrnl of the American Educ. Studies Assoc 51 (1):57-71.
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    Populist Challenges to Truth and Democracy Met with Pragmatist Alternatives in Citizenship Education.Sarah M. Stitzlein - forthcoming - Educational Theory.
    Populists employ truth as a tool for aligning the people against the elite. Citizenship education rarely takes up critiques of liberal democracy, discussions of populism, or conversations about what truth is. This paper provides an alternative pragmatist vision of truth that builds on the populist call for democracy to better reflect the will of the people, while also pushing back against the harms potentially caused by populism. Students today need to learn how populism works performatively and through discourse. But more (...)
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    Pragmatist Hope during COVID-19.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2022 - The Pluralist 17 (2):18-23.
    as covid-19 set in, many people struggled to find or hold onto hope. TIME magazine devoted its entire annual TIME 100 Most Influential People issue to the very topic, offering up suggestions on how to find hope, from religious leaders, politicians, and celebrities. While some presented helpful ideas, I found myself seeking more satisfying and sustaining answers. I turned to pragmatist philosophers, both old and new, to help me understand what hope is, why it matters, and how to foster it.Intriguingly, (...)
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    The right to dissent and its implications for schooling.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2012 - Educational Theory 62 (1):41-58.
    In this article Sarah Stitzlein highlights an educational right that has been largely unacknowledged in the past but has recently gained significance given renewed citizen participation in displays of public outcry on our streets and in our town halls. Dissent is typically conceived of as a negative right—a liberty that guarantees that the government will not interfere with one's public self-expression. Stitzlein argues that, insofar as the legitimacy of the state depends on obtaining the consent of the governed, the state (...)
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    Children as Citizens: Educative Environments that Enable Participation and Contribution.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2022 - Philosophy of Education 78 (3):126-133.
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    Addressing Educational Accountability and Political Legitimacy with Citizen Responsibility.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2015 - Educational Theory 65 (5):563-580.
    In this essay, Sarah Stitzlein addresses a key current crisis in public education: accountability. Rather than centrally being about poor performance of teachers or inefficiency of schools, as we most often hear in media outlets and in education reform speeches, Stitzlein argues the crisis is at heart one about citizen responsibility and political legitimacy. She claims that the recent accountability movement has shifted the onus of curing society's problems almost exclusively onto schools, but contends that these burdens should not just (...)
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    Clarifying Education for Freedom.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2010 - Philosophy of Education 66:105-107.
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    Employing Emotion to Improve Thinking and Alleviate Inequality.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2011 - Philosophy of Education 67:161-163.
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    Illinois Project for Democratic Accountability.Sarah M. Stitzlein, Walter Feinberg, Jennifer Greene & Luis Miron - 2007 - Educational Studies 42 (2):139-155.
    Education is experiencing a case of misplaced accountability, where an exclusive reliance on high stakes tests overlooks the more subtle judgments of teachers and professional educators and, because of its simplicity, passes as democratic. This article investigates the theoretical underpinnings of current accountability initiatives and draws upon extensive teacher interviews to reveal the practical aspects of accountability pressures in schools today. We provide a discussion of local teacher knowledge that exposes teachers' commitments to a deeper sense of successful education that (...)
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    Publics for Public Schools: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Leadership.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2016 - Educational Theory 66 (3):405-412.
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    Reviving social hope and pragmatism in troubled times.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2009 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 43 (4):657-663.
    Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts.Judith M. Green. New York, Columbia University Press, 2008. Pp. x + 292.Hbk. $34.50, £24.00.
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  19. Shaping New Aims and Practices of Teaching Controversial Issues in Response to Conservative Critics.Sarah M. Stitzlein - forthcoming - Studies in Philosophy and Education:1-23.
    While the teaching of controversial issues has generally been supported by schools and education scholars, new laws and public outcry have impacted whether and how controversial issues are taught. Calls to ban or limit teaching of controversial issues have largely been spurred by conservative parents, policymakers, and political groups. Some teachers and many education scholars are deeply concerned and want to preserve teaching about controversial issues. This situation suggests that inquiry is needed into changes in the educational aims held and (...)
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    The Democratic Potential of Parental Dissent: Keeping Public Schools Public, Legitimate, and Educational.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2020 - Educational Theory 70 (3):355-372.
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    The State and Civil Society in Rejuvenating Public Schools.Sarah M. Stitzlein - 2016 - Philosophy of Education 72:135-137.
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