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Engaging today's youth in civil discussions of contentious issues remains both a crucial element in democratically oriented education and extremely challenging to facilitate. The purpose of this article, which documents and presents pilot study findings from a dance workshop that engaged practicing teachers surrounding the issue of immigration, is to understand how dance can be integrated into the curriculum to prepare students to engage in democratic deliberation. Data collection consisted of pre- and post-workshop interviews with participants and was analyzed based on common principles of democracy and democratic education found in the literature. Findings point to the important role that dance could have in developing the trust, empathy, and reflectiveness necessary to engage in civil dialogue that is the essential foundation of a democratic society.

It is argued that inequality of condition remains in Canada because inequality of educational opportunity has not been eliminated, ability to benefit from educational opportunities is not evenly distributed, & unequal opportunity & capacity produce unequal results in higher education. Interview data from 40 arts & science seniors & survey data from 400 undergraduates at the Memorial U in Newfoundland indicate that class differences contributed to differences in academic achievement, income, housing, & financial support. The differences in the capacity to benefit from educational opportunities resulted in different educational outcomes. Thus, schooling reinforced inequality of condition. 7 References. M. Pflum