Course Goals
- Develop an understanding of democracy that is responsible to all members of the community.
- Critically examine the theories and concepts that inform our contemporary and historical understandings of democracy.
- Explore the role of stories and public narratives in democracy.
- Identify barriers to democracy at personal, systemic, institutional, and cultural levels.
- Co-create a model of teaching and learning that embraces democracy.
- Create a vibrant and productive dialogue about community issues.
- Study the discourses, decision making and community action relevant to key community issues.
- Develop and deepen an understanding of what democracy requires of us.
- Explore the ways a person’s social identity impacts his or her relationship to the issues and concepts we are studying in class.
