03226nam 2200709Ia 450 991081505630332120200520144314.01-282-30037-797866123003701-60509-138-3(CKB)1000000000816381(EBL)479233(OCoLC)449521055(SSID)ssj0000293507(PQKBManifestationID)11222921(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293507(PQKBWorkID)10302518(PQKB)10891291(Au-PeEL)EBL479233(CaPaEBR)ebr10331463(CaONFJC)MIL230037(CaSebORM)9781605091389(MiAaPQ)EBC479233(PPN)187311277(OCoLC)776150702(OCoLC)ocn776150702 (EXLCZ)99100000000081638120090316d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe death of why? the decline of questioning and the future of democracy /Andrea Batista Schlesinger1st ed.San Francisco Berrett-Koehlerc20091 online resource (265 p.)0Description based upon print version of record.1-57675-585-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Questions and Power; Part I: Culture: Questions or Answers?; 1: Inquiry Is Risky, Resilience Is the Reward, and Other Lessons from Childhood; 2: Ideological Segregation by Click and by Clique; 3: Consuming Opinion; 4: In Google We Trust; Part II: Schools: Citizens or Consumers?; 5: The Three Rs and a Why; 6: No Piggy Bank Left Behind; 7: Questioning the System, or Beating It?; 8: The Marxist, Anti-American Conspiracy to Convert Young People to Engaged Citizenship; Part III: Politics: Engaged or Connected?; 9: Black and White and Dead All Over10: Who's Afraid of Virginia Youth?11: Lights, Camera, Debate!; Conclusion: A Call for Slow Democracy; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the AuthorIn this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations for restoring the social, educational and political infrastructures that are prerequisites for a healthy democracy.0YouthPolitical activityUnited StatesCivicsStudy and teachingUnited StatesPolitical participationUnited StatesYouthPolitical activityCivicsStudy and teachingPolitical participation306.43/20973306.4320973321.8Schlesinger Andrea Batista1636309MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815056303321The death of why3977511UNINA