John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect
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John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect

A Critical Engagement with Dewey's Democracy and Education

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John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect

A Critical Engagement with Dewey's Democracy and Education

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2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title These original essays focus on John Dewey's Democracy and Education, a book widely regarded as one of the greatest works ever written in the history of educational thought. The contributors address Dewey's still powerful argument that education is not a preparation for life, but rather constitutes a fundamental aspect of the very experience of living. The authors examine Dewey's central themes, including the dynamics of human communication, the nature of growth, the relation between democracy and education, and the importance of recognizing student agency. They link their analyses with contemporary educational concerns and problems, offering ideas about what the curriculum for children and youth should be, how to prepare teachers for the profession, what pedagogical approaches make the most sense given societal trends, and how to reconstruct the purposes of school. This first book-length study of Dewey's extraordinary text attests to the continued power in his work and to the diverse audience of educators to whom he has long appealed.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780791480946
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education Theory & Practice

Table of contents

  1. John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1. Introduction: Reading Democracy and Education
  5. 2. “Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful: ”The Communicative Turn in Dewey’s Democracy and Education
  6. 3. Curriculum Matters
  7. 4. Socialization, Social Efficiency,and Social Control: Putting Pragmatism to Work
  8. 5. Growth and Perfectionism? Dewey after Emerson and Cavell
  9. 6. Rediscovering the Student in Democracy and Education
  10. 7. Dewey’s Reconstruction ofthe Curriculum: From Occupation to Disciplined Knowledge
  11. 8. A Teacher Educator Looks at Democracy and Education
  12. 9. Dewey’s Philosophy of Life
  13. 10. Dewey’s Book of the Moral Self
  14. List of Contributors
  15. Index