Moral Principles in Education

by John Dewey

Overview

It is one of the complaints of the schoolmaster that the public does not defer to his professional opinion as completely as it does to that of practitioners in other professions. At first sight it might seem as though this indicated a defect either in the public or in the profession; and yet a wider view of the situation would suggest that such a conclusion is not a necessary one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781463605094
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/19/2011
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.07(d)

About the Author

John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been very influential to education and social reform. Dewey, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophy of pragmatism and of functional psychology. He was a major representative of the progressive and progressive populist philosophies of schooling during the first half of the 20th century in the USA. Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience and nature, art and experience, logic and inquiry, democracy, and ethics. In his advocacy of democracy, Dewey considered two fundamental elements--schools and civil society--as being major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality. Dewey asserted that complete democracy was to be obtained not just by extending voting rights but also by ensuring that there exists a fully-formed public opinion, accomplished by effective communication among citizens, experts, and politicians, with the latter being accountable for the policies they adopt.

Editorial Reviews

“This[is a] forceful and sound little manual which is an interpretation of con­sistent psychology, ethics and sociology with reference to moral education in the school.”—Journal of Educational Psychology

 

 

 

 

“The most important work we have upon the subject of moral education.”           —Elementary School Teacher

“A forceful statement of the responsibility of schools in the moral training of children.”—American Library Association Booklist

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