Nurturing Democratic Citizenship Through Human Conversation

Abstract

Responding to the increasing sophistication in the arts of deception in the public realm, the authors turn to Goodlad's ideal of democratic citizenship nurtured through human conversation in the classroom and development of critical skills to evaluate the accuracy of arguments.

Key words::

• citizenship
• conversation
• democracy
• disinformation

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Notes on contributors

Brent L. Pickett

Brent L. Pickett is a Professor of political science at the University of Wyoming. His research focus is political philosophy. Email: [email protected]

Audrey M. Kleinsasser

Audrey M. Kleinsasser is a Professor of educational studies at the University of Wyoming and directs the Wyoming School-University Partnership. Email: [email protected]