Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem

Daniel S. Friedrich is Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. Prof. Friedrich is currently interested in the travelling of teacher education reforms around the world. He has published articles in Comparative Education Review and the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing among others.

• Prologue: Democracy and the Normal 1. The Production of the Citizen as a Research Problem 2. Historical Consciousness as a Pedagogical Device in the Production of the Responsible Citizen 3. Legislating the Production of Responsible Citizens: Argentine Education Laws and the Framing of Darkness 4. The Mobilization of Historical Consciousness in the Narratives about the Last Dictatorship Presented in Textbooks and Other Didactic Materials 5. The Memoryscape in Buenos Aires: Re-Presentation, Memory and Pedagogy Concluding Thoughts: Re-Framing the Questions, Re-Reading the Curriculum