Abstract

TADEU, Bárbara. From democracy and education in Dewey to democracy and education today: Democracy issues in early childhood in the national context. Invest. Práticas [online]. 2018, vol.8, n.2, pp.115-128. ISSN 2182-1372.  https://doi.org/10.25757/invep.v8i2.159.

Through a critical and reflective analysis of the book Democracy and education (Dewey, 2007), with particular attention to the concept of democratic education, we intend to reflect on the issues of democracy in the nowadays childhood education in Portugal. The main issues addressed focus on educational policies and management practices in the context of daycare. After the analysis, we found that it is necessary to recognize education from zero to three years as the first stage of education and this should be understood as a basis for lifelong learning and a decisive factor in the development of a democratic society.

Keywords : Democratic education; democracy issues in early childhood; democratic management in daycare.

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