Pluralism is...

Defined by Webster dictionary as...
a. A condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups are present and tolerated within a society.

"Pluralism enhances democracy" Jane Addams






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Definitions:

• How do these definitions fall under Kant, Dewey and Arendt?
• Do the definitions of people in power reinforce the dominant definition, or strive to change to more inclusive definition of democracy, pluralism and citizenship?
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1. What do these women’s lives and works contribute to our understanding of
2. How do the authors views tie in with Dewey, Kant or Arendt’s?

3. How have Western/dominant narratives manifested in US classrooms and how has this hindered a participatory educational stance, if at all?

4. How have schools continue to reinforce the student/product model of business factories

5. How have schools continued to obscure the experiences of women and minorities in the social studies cannon.




Instructions: Create a lesson plan that incorporates participatory objectives and goals aligned with democratic, pluralist and citizenship education. Include subject matter that presents a social justice perspectives in the views of Mary Ritter Beard, Marion Thompson Wright and Jane Addams.


• Munro, P. (1999). “Widening the Circle”: Jane Addams, Gender, and the Re/Definition of Democracy. In M.S. Crocco & O.L. Davis, Jr. (Eds.) “Bending the Future to Their Will”: Civic Women, Social Education, and Democracy. Boston: Rowman & Littlefield.

• Crocco, M.S. (1999). Shaping Inclusive Education: Mary Ritter Beard and Marion Thompson Wright. In M.S. Crocco & O.L. Davis, Jr. (Eds.) “Bending the Future to Their Will”: Civic Women, Social Education, and Democracy. Boston: Rowman & Littlefield