His democratic faith was a matter of his conviction that ordinary citizens have an elemental humanity often missing in more educated or affluent groups. Dewey’s “democracy as a way of life” is a political ideal linked to both his communal notion of democracy and his view of liberalism. Beyond the school, where citizenship education begins, Dewey claims that individuals learn democratic habits when they associate and participate in political activities, which are not solely confined to political
His democratic faith was a matter of his conviction that ordinary citizens have an elemental humanity often missing in more educated or affluent groups. Dewey’s “democracy as a way of life” is a political ideal linked to both his communal notion of democracy and his view of liberalism. Beyond the school, where citizenship education begins, Dewey claims that individuals learn democratic habits when they associate and participate in political activities, which are not solely confined to political