Conjuguer De?mocratie et E?ducation
Perceptions et expe?riences de futurs-es enseignants-es du Que?bec
Abstract
The Democracy, Political Literacy and Transformative Education (DPLTE) research project is part of a larger international project entitled Global Doing Democracy Research Project (GDDRP). This article presents the findings from a specific DPLTE project related to future teachers. The problematic presents the concerns related to a “democratic deficit” in formal education as identified in local, national and international studies. Key concepts of the research are analyzed taking into consideration the centrality of socio-critical research that aims to transform social injustice realities and the emancipation of marginalized persons. The goal of this component of the research is to understand the perceptions and experiences of future teachers in relation to the linkages between education and democracy. A qualitative methodological approach was employed, involving some 400 primary and secondary teacher- education students at a francophone university in Montreal in 2008 and 2014, responding to a questionnaire on-line that explored the relationships between education and democracy. The main findings present reveal, in general: the normative perception of democracy; confirmation of the democratic deficit in formal education; a thin experience in primary, secondary and postsecondary education; a dissociation between education and democracy in relation to teacher roles. In addition, the comparison between findings in the 2008 and 2014 samples suggests the potential effect of the student strike that became a social movement named “Printemps e?rable” (“Maple Spring”) that took place in Que?bec in 2012. Employing a hermeneutic critic, our interpretation underscores the importance of a critical education for democracy (ethical, participatory and engaged) in teacher education in order to better combat the “democratic deficit” and especially to better cultivate democracy in formal education for youth.
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