1st Edition
Teaching Democratic Ideals to Public Affairs Students Findings and Reflections from Diverse Course Designs
1 Building a Community of Scholars to Teach Democratic Practices
Thomas Andrew Bryer
2 With the People: An Analysis and Assessment of the Idea
Margaret Stout
3 Teaching Democratic Responses to Divisiveness in an MPA Capstone
Thomas Andrew Bryer
4 Teaching Democracy: Lessons Learned from Applying a With Perspective to a Different Sociocultural Context
Eglė Butkevičienė
5 Teaching Graduate Students Democratic Values: How Do Current and Future Public Servants Think About Their Roles in a Democracy?
Suzanne Leland
6 Teaching With and Civic Engagement in Undergraduate Education
Julie Lester
7 Reimagining Public Service from a Shared Faculty and Student Perspective: Teaching and Learning with a Student- (or Citizen-) Centered Approach
Kara Lindaman and Camryn Wilson
8 Improving MPA Competencies Using With the People
Kurt Thurmaier
9 Beyond Spectator Civics: Teaching With in an Undergraduate Civics Course
Jeremy Walling
10 Leveraging With to Enhance Relational Policing: Obstacles, Opportunities, and Implications
Brian N. Williams
11 Educating for Democracy Through Deliberative Pedagogy
Timothy J. Shaffer
Biography
Thomas Andrew Bryer is Professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida, USA, and in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
Timothy J. Shaffer is the inaugural Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil Discourse in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration with joint appointments in the Department of Communication and School of Education at the University of Delaware, USA.
“This book isn’t what you might expect from public affairs faculty who prepare students to become public servants often vilified by an angry public as out-of-touch, bungling bureaucrats. The authors of Teaching Democratic Ideals to Public Affairs Students have found an alternative in an education based on an understanding of democracy that treats citizens as producers rather than just as voters or consumers. Read this book; it has implications for many professionals, not just in public administration but in fields from education and health care to journalism and public safety.”
David Mathews, Chair, National Issues Forums Institute
“Each chapter of Teaching Democratic Ideals to Public Affairs Students provides unique insights on ways one can prepare public administrators to advance democracy through professional practices and routines that foster economy, efficiency, equity, effectiveness, and engagement. Bryer and Shaffer have developed a crucial text in democratic education for public administration programs. This book is a must read for educators and practitioners committed to ensuring our next generation of public servants are equipped to lead, manage and engage with the public in ways that engender trust, confidence and mutual respect through shared work and responsibility."
Valerie A. Lemmie, Director of Exploratory Research, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio, USA
