Democracy And Education

by John Dewey

Overview

John Dewey's Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusion of vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self and society. First published in 1916, Democracy and Education is regarded as the seminal work on public education by one of the most important scholars of the century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613826485
Publisher:	Simon & Brown
Publication date:	08/03/2011
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

John Dewey, philosopher and social critic, was the author of more than twenty books. He was a professor at Columbia University and a writer for The New Republic. He died in 1952.

Table of Contents

1	Education as a Necessity of Life	1
2	Education as a Social Function	10
3	Education as Direction	23
4	Education as Growth	41
5	Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline	54
6	Education as Conservative and Progressive	69
7	The Democratic Conception in Education	81
8	Aims in Education	100
9	Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims	111
10	Interest and Discipline	124
11	Experience and Thinking	139
12	Thinking in Education	152
13	The Nature of Method	164
14	The Nature of Subject Matter	180
15	Play and Work in the Curriculum	194
16	The Significance of Geography and History	207
17	Science in the Course of Study	219
18	Educational Values	231
19	Labor and Leisure	250
20	Intellectual and Practical Studies	262
21	Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism	277
22	The Individual and the World	291
23	Vocational Aspects of Education	306
24	Philosophy of Education	321
25	Theories of Knowledge	333
26	Theories of Morals	346
	Index	361