Moral Principles in Education and My Pedagogic Creed by John Dewey: With a Critical Introduction by Patricia H. Hinchey

by John Dewey, Patricia H. Hinchey (Editor)

Overview

Contemporary political and socioeconomic conditions largely characterized by corruption and inequity have added new urgency to recurring calls for reorienting American public schools to their historic purpose: educating a citizenry both equipped and motivated to serve as the ultimate guardians of democracy.

While the Founding Fathers, including Jefferson, as well as the founders of public schools, including Horace Mann, explicitly stated that rationale, perhaps no one has done more than John Dewey to detail the inextricable relationship between education and democratic society. In Moral Principles in Education and My Pedagogic Creed, Dewey reminds readers of public schools’ original purpose, identifying specific educational principles and practices that either promote or undermine their essential democratic goals.

“There cannot be two sets of ethical principles,” he says, “one for life in the school, and the other for life outside of the school.” In these works and through such caveats, Dewey offers readers both the motivation to engage in the struggle for a new emphasis on educating for democratic citizenship and the guidance necessary to translate his theory into effective practice.

Perfect for courses such as: Philosophy of Education, Teaching Methods, Principles of Teaching and Learning, Education Policy, Education Leadership, Education Foundations, Curriculum Theory and History, Curriculum Design, The Philosophy of John Dewey, and School Change/Reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975501488
Publisher:	Myers Education Press
Publication date:	02/28/2019
Series:	Timely Classics in Education , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	416 KB

About the Author

Patricia H. Hinchey is Penn State Professor Emerita of Education and a Fellow of the National Education Policy Center. She holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she taught several graduate courses in secondary English education. In addition to teaching a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate education courses at Penn State, she has conducted professional development for K-12 and university faculty nationally and internationally. She also served as director of a professional development unit serving university faculty at multiple campus locations. In addition to teacher education, professional development, and action research, her interests include the intersection of theory and classroom practice, a focus of this most recent work from Myers Education Press. She is as well the author or co-author of several well-known books and numerous articles.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Patricia H. Hinchey

MORAL PRINCIPLES IN EDUCATION

Introduction

Section I. The Moral Purpose of the School

Section II. The Moral Training Given By the School Community

Section III. The Moral Training from Methods of Instruction

Section IV. The Social Nature of the Course of Study

Section V. The Psychological Aspect of Moral Education

MY PEDAGOGIC CREED

Article I. What Education Is

Article II. What the School Is

Article III. The Subject-Matter of Education

Article IV. The Nature of Method

Article V. The School and Social Progress