EJ441891 PS519201
Title: Why Not Academic Preschool? Part 2. Autocracy or Democracy
in the Classroom?Author(s): Greenberg, Polly
Source: Young Children, v47 n3 p54-64 Mar 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0044-0728
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1992
Discusses
three different approaches to child rearing: autocratic, anarchic,
and democratic. Maintains that the use of each approach results
in the development of a particular kind of character and behavior
in the child. Also discusses John Dewey's efforts to define democratic
character and his experiments with teacher attempts to develop this
character in students. (BB)
Descriptors: *Academic Education; *Child Rearing; Democracy; *Democratic
Values; Early Childhood Education; Educational Objectives; Parent
Child Relationship; *Personality Development; Public Education;
Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; *Young Children
Identifiers: Autocracy; *Dewey (John)
