Elevråd, interesse og demokrati

av Sigve Indregard

Vi lurer av og til på hvor­for det går åt sko­gen med demo­kra­tiet. Sva­ret er (hel­dig­vis) at det går bedre enn noen gang med demo­kra­tiet. Men det er ikke nød­ven­dig­vis sko­lens for­tje­neste. Inter­vjuet under er med en rek­tor fra Ber­gens­om­rå­det (min uthe­ving, men les hele avsnittet):

One head­teacher explai­ned that when the stu­dent coun­cils over the years repeatedly wis­hed to have the opport­u­nity to buy mine­ral water and Coke at school she just refu­sed. She added that the stu­dents were not reticent but tried to discuss and nego­tiate. Which was fine, in a way, she remar­ked, but she said that it could be a bit annoy­ing. She was asked whether the stu­dents some­ti­mes made her change her mind. She said that it had hap­pe­ned. She could not remem­ber any examp­les, but added ‘not in cases as impor­tant as mine­ral water’.

Det er hen­tet fra Bør­haug, Kje­til: “School Level Stu­dent Democracy.” i Citizen­ship, Social and Eco­no­mics Edu­ca­tion 7, nr. 1 (2006). Den fin­nes på net­tet hvis du leter i ved­leg­gene til dok­tor­grads­av­hand­linga hans. Inter­es­sant fra ende til annen.

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