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democratic education

democratic education noun: a formal educational approach characterized by organizational democracy, allowing students to actively manage their learning and engage in the governance of their school.

Noun

democratic education (uncountable)

  1. A formal educational approach characterized by organizational democracy, allowing students to actively manage their learning and engage in the governance of their school.

Questions about democratic education

What does democratic education mean?
Democratic education means a formal educational approach characterized by organizational democracy, allowing students to actively manage their learning and engage in the governance of their school.
What part of speech is democratic education?
Democratic education is a noun.

Words near democratic education in the dictionary

  1. democratic centralisation
  2. democratic centralism
  3. democratic centralization
  4. democratic deficit
  5. democratic deficits
  6. democratic education
  7. Democratic Kampuchea
  8. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  9. Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
  10. Democratic Republic of Congo
  11. Democratic Republic of Georgia

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