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John Dewey. Feather Trail Press, Dec 20, 2009 - Education - 194 pages. "Democracy and Education," a classic work by John Dewey, provides a cogent and landmark exposition of progressive educational theory. Democracy for Dewey was both a means and an end to the building of a good and just society. In this regard he sought to develop strategies ...
This year marks the centenary publication of John Dewey’s magnum opus, Democracy and Education. Despite its profound importance as a foundational text in education, it is notoriously difficult and—dare we say it—a little dry. In this charming and often funny companion, noted philosopher of education D. C. Phillips goes chapter by chapter to bring Dewey to a twenty-first-century audience ...
Nov 1, 2018 · John Dewey. John Dewey (1859–1952) was one of American pragmatism’s early founders, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, and arguably the most prominent American intellectual for the first half of the twentieth century. Dewey’s educational theories and experiments had global reach, his psychological theories influenced ...
Sep 12, 2023 · John Dewey was an American educational thinker who lived during a time of great change. Dewey was trained as a philosopher and worked at major universities. But, he was active off campus and worked as a teacher, speaker, and leader for various community groups and political organizations. Dewey traveled widely and left an extensive body of ...
Dewey's challenge to his contemporaries (Avi I. Mintz); (10) Shaping and sharing democratic aims: Reconstructing interest and discipline (Terri S. Wilson); (11) Experience and thinking: Transforming our perspective on learning (Andrea R. English); (12) The role of thinking in education: Why Dewey still raises the bar on educators (Jack P. Smith ...
Jan 1, 2016 · John Dewey (1859–1952) was a pragmatic philosopher, psychologist, and educator commonly regarded as the founder of the progressive education movement. Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont, on October 20, 1859. His father was a grocer and Civil War Veteran, his mother a strong-willed evangelical Congregationalist noted for her work with the ...
For the structural geologist, see John Frederick Dewey. For the Minnesotan territorial legislator, see John J. Dewey. John Dewey ( / ˈduːi /; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.
