Democracy and Education

John Dewey

Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 2004 - Education - 358 pages

In this landmark work on public education, Dewey discusses methods of providing quality public education in a democratic society. First published close to 90 years ago, it sounded the call for a revolution in education, stressing growth, experience, and activity as factors that promote a democratic character in students.

Contents

• I: 1
• II: 4
• III: 6
• IV: 9
• V: 10
• VI: 11
• VII: 16
• VIII: 18
• IX: 22
• XI: 25
• XII: 32
• XIII: 36
• XIV: 39
• XV: 44
• XVI: 48
• XVII: 51
• XVIII: 53
• XIX: 58
• XX: 65
• XXI: 66
• XXII: 69
• XXIII: 73
• XXIV: 76
• XXV: 77
• XXVII: 82
• XXVIII: 84
• XXIX: 87
• XXX: 89
• XXXI: 95
• XXXII: 96
• XXXIII: 99
• XXXIV: 102
• XXXV: 106
• XXXVI: 113
• XXXVII: 116
• XXXVIII: 118
• XXXIX: 119
• XL: 125
• XLI: 130
• XLII: 132
• XLIII: 133
• XLIV: 139
• XLV: 145
• XLVI: 146
• XLVII: 157
• XLVIII: 158
• XLIX: 163
• L: 166
• LI: 173
• LII: 177
• LIII: 182
• LIV: 184
• LV: 186
• LVI: 188
• LVII: 194
• LVIII: 198
• LX: 201
• LXI: 205
• LXII: 209
• LXIV: 214
• LXV: 219
• LXVI: 221
• LXVII: 222
• LXVIII: 228
• LXIX: 233
• LXX: 239
• LXXI: 240
• LXXII: 244
• LXXIII: 250
• LXXIV: 251
• LXXV: 255
• LXXVI: 260
• LXXVII: 264
• LXXVIII: 266
• LXXX: 269
• LXXXI: 273
• LXXXII: 278
• LXXXIII: 279
• LXXXIV: 281
• LXXXV: 289
• LXXXVI: 293
• LXXXVII: 294
• LXXXVIII: 296
• LXXXIX: 299
• XC: 306
• XCI: 308
• XCII: 310
• XCIII: 318
• XCIV: 319
• XCV: 325
• XCVI: 330
• XCVIII: 335
• XCIX: 338
• C: 341
• CI: 344
• CII: 346

About the author

John Dewey was born in 1859 in Burlington, Vermont. He founded the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago in 1896 to apply his original theories of learning based on pragmatism and "directed living." This combination of learning with concrete activities and practical experience helped earn him the title, "father of progressive education." After leaving Chicago he went to Columbia University as a professor of philosophy from 1904 to 1930, bringing his educational philosophy to the Teachers College there. Dewey was known and consulted internationally for his opinions on a wide variety of social, educational and political issues. His many books on these topics began with Psychology (1887), and include The School and Society (1899), Experience and Nature (1925), and Freedom and Culture (1939).Dewey died of pneumonia in 1952.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Democracy and Education
• Author: John Dewey
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 2004
• ISBN: 0486433994, 9780486433998
• Length: 358 pages
• Subjects: Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects