project 2 rough draft (RALUCA MUSAT) by RALUCA MUSAT

Education should not be limited to vocational training but should also foster civic participation and democratic engagement.

yz1572 — 2025-03-09 04:14:43 UTC

Legal Precedent & Rights-Based Argument

yz1572 — 2025-03-09 04:14:43 UTC

1.The New York court ruled that public education should provide students with civic engagement, not just basic employability skills.

2.Twenty-four state courts have held that producing "qualified citizens" is a central goal of public education.

Vocational education does not equal social mobility.

yz1572 — 2025-03-09 04:14:43 UTC

Shifting towards career-oriented education, another important issue is the aspect that voters in lower-income groups have a lower turnout as well as less political representation (studies show that in the case of upper-class populations, the turnout rate of voting is much higher than that of the lower-income population).

Alternative views would be that the education gap results in an imbalance that affects the acquisition of information and thus, the quality of decision-making by the citizens.

A democratic society needs a diverse education

yz1572 — 2025-03-09 04:14:43 UTC

STEM alone cannot produce complete citizens, and democratic societies need comprehensive knowledge, including ethics, history, sociology, etc. The education model of liberal arts and science integration can better adapt to the future social needs than the single skill education.

STEM is not antithetical to democratic education

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Computer Science and Civic Decision-Making (Harvard Kennedy School, 2021):

Data analysis skills are indispensable for contemporary people, who may suspect hoaxes, comprehend numerical data, and scrutinize social media content critically.

Civic Education in the Era of the Internet (MIT, 2020):

With AI and algorithms driving decisions on behalf of society, it is crucial that democratic citizens acquire data literacy to even understand policymaking.

The Technology Ethics Courses Consortium (Stanford, 2019):

Universities like Stanford provide students with courses in "technology's ethics" to develop socially responsible technology experts.