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Feb 1, 1997 · John Dewey’s Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusion of vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self and society.
Dewey sums up the goal of education as education itself “[o]nly education that makes for power to know as an end in itself, without reference to the practice of even civic duties, is truly liberal or free.” (p. 195). These passages show how Dewey ties principles of education to to principles of democracy. Democracy and Education
Nov 28, 2014 · Synopsis. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits.
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.
Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.32221dc.contributor.author: Dewey, Johndc.date.accessioned: 2015-06-25T16:36:23Zdc.date.available:...
Jun 5, 2015 · The ideas like those in Democracy and Education have been very influential to education and social reform. In the classic book, Democracy and Education, John Dewey asserted that complete democracy was to be obtained not just by extending voting rights but also by ensuring that there exists a fully-formed public opinion.
- John Dewey
By various agencies, unintentional and designed, a society transforms uninitiated and seemingly alien beings into robust trustees of its own resources and ideals. Education is thus a fostering, a nurturing, a cultivating, process. All of these words mean that it implies attention to the conditions of growth.
