Innovation in higher education: Diffusion of democracy in education
International Journal of Development Research
Innovation in higher education: Diffusion of democracy in education
Received 22nd January, 2018; Received in revised form 26th February, 2018; Accepted 20th March, 2018; Published online 30th April, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Iman Ali Ahmed Al-Rashed. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present study is a focus on the importance of democracy in education. The paper discusses the need for utilizing democracy in the educational practices. The study is a qualitative case study. Data were collected using interviews, classrooms observations and fieldnotes. The present study examines the conceptions of three participants, university lecturers who were chosen from three faculties, on the role of democracy in education. Additionally, the paper presents the impact of the lecturers' conceptions on their practices in classrooms. In accordance with the obtained data, it was observed that there is a limited knowledge on understanding the role of democracy in education. This was clearly manifested in the classroom practices.
