Democracy and Education

In this episode we look at how education intersects with modern democracies in helping us to understand the nature of democracy and its historical context. What role does our education system have in strengthening our democracy? Should democracy and citizenship be taught within our education system? Guest: Dr Michael M. Crow. President, Arizona State University. Executive producers and project concept: Nicole Anderson, Julian Knowles Series writers and researchers: Nicole Anderson, Jul...

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Is democracy in crisis, or are we simply at a turning point? In this series we explore what the challenges to democracy have been in recent years. Supported by PBS and the Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University, join co-hosts Nicole Anderson and Julian Knowles in a fortnightly podcast series that helps us to understand democracy in the 21st century context by going head-to-head with a number of experts on whether or not democracy has a future.