John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect: A Critical Engagement with Dewey's Democacy and Education by David T. Hansen (Editor)

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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. They examine the central themes of the book, such as communication, the relation between formal and informal education, growth, and student agency and the need for educators to respect that agency. Linking their analyses of Dewey's claims with contemporary educational concerns and problems, they offer ideas on what the curriculum for children and youth should be, how to organize and implement formal teacher education, what modes of pedagogy are most sensible given societal and global trends, and how to think about the purposes of school. This first book-length study of Dewey's extraordinary text attests to not only the continued power in Dewey's work, but also the diverse audience of educators to whom he has long appealed

Product Details

• ISBN: 0791469220
  
• ISBN-13: 9780791469224
• Format: Paperback, 195pp
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Pub. Date: November 2006
• Sales Rank: 261,300

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