Democracy and Education / John Dewey ; edited and with an introduction by Nicholas Tampio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewey, John, 1859-1952, author.

Contributor:

Tampio, Nicholas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy and education.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]

Summary:

John Dewey's Democracy and Education (1916) transformed how people around the world view the purposes of schooling. This edition makes Dewey's ideas come alive for a new generation of readers.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Chapter Map

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Dewey's Vision in Democracy and Education

Preface

1. Education as a Necessity of Life

2. Education as a Social Function

3. Education as Direction

4. Education as Growth

5. Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline

6. Education as Conservative and Progressive

7. The Democratic Conception in Education

8. Aims in Education

9. Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims

10. Interest and Discipline

11. Experience and Thinking

12. Thinking in Education

13. The Nature of Method

14. The Nature of Subject Matter

15. Play and Work in the Curriculum

16. The Significance of Geography and History

17. Science in the Course of Study

18. Educational Values

19. Labor and Leisure

20. Intellectual and Practical Studies

21. Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism

22. The Individual and the World

23. Vocational Aspects of Education

24. Philosophy of Education

25. Theories of Knowledge

26. Theories of Morals

Untitled.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231558273

0231558279

OCLC:

1419062694