Democracy and Education - Paperback
by John Dewey
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781481196932ISBN-10:1481196936UPC:9781481196932Book Category:Education, Political Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Philosophy, Theory & Social AspectsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCT1K0JT6G
Democracy and Education
In this book Dewey sought to at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Rousseau and Plato. He saw Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overemphasizing the society in which the individual lived. For Dewey, this distinction was largely a false one; like Vygotsky, he viewed the mind and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781481196932ISBN-10:1481196936UPC:9781481196932Book Category:Education, Political Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Philosophy, Theory & Social AspectsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCT1K0JT6G
John Dewey (October 20, 1859 - June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology. He was a major representative of progressive education and liberalism.
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