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If we want to teach democratic habits of the heart in our classrooms, we need to help our students explore their inner potential. At the same time we need to help them explore their outer potential—in the school community and in the larger civic community—drawing them into a live encounter with democracy in action. (128)
Q. What habits of the heart did you develop in school (K–12 or beyond), that relate to your participation in American democracy? What kinds of experiences, curricular or extracurricular, contributed to the development of those habits? What habits of the heart do you see students developing today? Among the many jobs we expect our schools to do—from teaching academic content, to preparing students for the work force, to contributing to their moral development—what priority should be given to forming good citizens?
