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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.219789dc.contributor.author: John Deweydc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-09T21:25:50Zdc.date.available:...
Horace Mann, John Dewey and Margaret Haley, a founding mother of the AFT, saw public schooling as central to the well-being of society and the strength of our democracy. So did Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin and Al Shanker. Al frequently invoked the AFT’s founding motto: Democracy in education, and education for democracy.
John Dewey's "Democracy and Education" is the touchstone for a great deal of modern educational theory. It covers a wide range of themes and issues relating to education, including teaching, learning, educational environments, subject matter, values, and the nature of work and play.
This book discusses the importance of preparation, unfolding, and formal discipline in the course of education and the role that these factors play in the development of an individual and the world. Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life 2 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function 7 Chapter Three: Education as Direction 13 Chapter Four: Education as Growth 21 Chapter Five: Preparation ...
Oct 1, 2022 · democracy and edu cation more than a century ago, the two have been intimately entwined in. debates about the purpose of schooling and other sites of education in preparing young people. for the ...
Democracy and Education by John Dewey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En-glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use ...
Abstract. First published in 1916, this classic continues to influence contemporary educational thought. Considered one of the great American philosophers, Dewey grapples with the nature of knowledge and learning as well as formal education's place, purpose, and process within a democratic society.
