ABSTRACT
Deliberative pedagogy is an emergent field of research and practice that aims to identify meaningful approaches to a citizen’s democratic education (Carcasson 2013; Longo 2013; Manosevitch 2013). ‘The primary goal isn’t civic education per se, but for students to develop commitment, knowledge, and skills necessary for creating and maintaining equitable, diverse and democratic spaces, whether it be in the local community, the workplace, the nation, or world’ (Doherty 2012: 25). Deliberative pedagogies work to prepare citizens for life in a democratic society by engaging students and teachers in the practice of ‘considering perspectives, evaluating views, and treating each other as political equals’ as they think collectively about the larger question, ‘How should we live together?’ (Hess & McAvoy 2015: 5).
