John Dewey : a philosopher of education for our time? / Richard Pring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pring, Richard, author.

Series:

Continuum library of educational thought.

Continuum library of educational thought ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Dewey, John.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft. John Dewey is indisputably a major thinker in education. Richard Pring's volume offers the most coherent account of Dewey's educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography Critical exposition of Dewey's work Philosophical underpinnings and A philosopher of education for our time."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Intellectual biography

Critical exposition of the thinker's work

The reception and influence of the work

The relevance of the work today

Bibliography (including references to electronic resources)

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-186) and index.

ISBN:

9781441124593

1441124594

9781472541383

1472541383

9781472518774

1472518772

9781441184535

1441184538

OCLC:

1057393162