Recognise the relationship between democracy and education: questions for reimagining citizenship

The relationship between politics and pedagogy has, over the years and within the literature, prompted the taking up of certain crucial questions to address a possible crisis in education. Sometimes they find common ground, other times they show mutual respect for each other’s epistemological foundations. Designing meaningful actions to govern change implies appropriately framing development, a perspective that calls into play the probity and competence of political representation, concerns growth and equity in economic reforms, and involves quality and productivity in investments in education.