MBarq
The democratic theory transfers power from teachers to students. The two key theorists of this are Alfie Kohn and John Dewey. A teacher’s goal is to encourage the students to think about how they want a classroom to work. They develop rules that are hopefully fair and based on mutual respect. A great benefit of this is that students understand why there are rules. They get to be actively involved in the classrooms. An important note to keep in mind is that the teacher should not coerce students to come up with their own rules. It’s easy to manipulate or coerce students, so it’s important to make sure that doesn’t happen. This will take away the power that they should have.
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