Book review: Controversy in the classroom: The democratic power of discussion

Barber B (1997) Public schooling: Education for democracy’. In: Goodlad J McMannon TJ (eds) The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling, pp. 21–32. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Hand M (2008) What should we teach as controversial? A defense of the epistemic criterion. Educational Theory 58: 213–28.

Parker WC , ed. (2002) Education for Democracy: Contexts, Curricula, Assessments. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.