Gilbert Burgh is an Honorary Associate Professor in Philosophy in the Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland, Australia. He has published widely on democratic education, civics and citizenship education, dialogic pedagogy, and the development of the community of inquiry in educational discourse. Simone Thornton is a Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland, Australia. Simone's research interests and publications intersect environmental philosophy, philosophy and education, and social and political philosophy, including environmental education, decolonisation, philosophy in schools, and the philosophy of Camus and Plumwood.
Introduction.1. Citizenship as an Active Learning Process 2. Teaching
Civics and Citizenship 3. Democracy, Curriculum and Pedagogy 4. Educational
Philosophy 5. Knowledge Construction and Knowledge Exclusion 6. Democratic
Education as Place-responsive Learning. References. Index
