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Will democratic classrooms foster the civic dispositions that are needed for civic commitment? Explain how at least four such dispositions can be fostered in classrooms. Is character education the same thing as character building?
Define each and explain how they can be achieved in the classroom?

Give at least three specific strategies or activities.

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Democratic classrooms do foster civic dispositions that are needed for civic commitment, due to the fact that they help to impart these dispositions during years of classroom instruction, and having students to utilize these dispositions during their interactions with others. Being civil with others can be fostered in the classroom by establishing standards by which students will interact with one another in a respectful manner. For ...

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