Democracy and Education

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9780486433998
ISBN 10:
0486433994
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/20/2004
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

The distinguished author of books on psychology, ethics, and politics, John Dewey specialized in the philosophy of education. 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,Democracy and Educationsounded the call for a revolution in education, stressing growth, experience, and activity as factors that promote a democratic character in students and lead to the advancement of self and society. Unabridged reproduction of the classic 1916 edition.

CHAPTER I EDUCATION AS A NECESSITY OF LIFE:

Renewal of Life by Transmission

(3)

Education and Communication

(2)

The Place of Formal Education

(3)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER II EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL FUNCTION:

The Nature and Meaning of Environment

(1)

The Social Environment

(5)

The Social Medium as Educative

(2)

The School as a Special Environment

(4)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER III EDUCATION AS DIRECTION:

The Environment as Directive

(3)

Modes of Social Direction

(7)

Imitation and Social Psychology

(4)

Some Applications to Education

(3)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER IV EDUCATION AS GROWTH:

The Conditions of Growth

(5)

Habits as Expressions of Growth

(4)

The Educational Bearings of the Conception of Development

(3)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER V

PREPARATION, UNFOLDING, AND FORMAL DISCIPLINE:

Education as Preparation

(2)

Education as Unfolding

(5)

Education as Training of Faculties

(7)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER VI EDUCATION AS CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE:

Education as Formation

(3)

Education as Recapitulation and Retrospection

(4)

Education as Reconstruction

(3)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER VII THE DEMOCRATIC CONCEPTION IN EDUCATION:

The Implications of Human Association

(5)

The Democratic Ideal

(2)

The Platonic Educational Philosophy

(3)

The "Individualistic" Ideal of the Eighteenth Century

(2)

Education as National and as Social

(6)

Summary

(1)

CHAPTER VIII AIMS IN EDUCATION:

The Nature of an Aim

(3)

The Criteria of Good Aims

(3)

Applications in Education

102

(4)

Summary

106

(1)

CHAPTER IX NATURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EFFICIENCY AS AIMS:

Nature as Supplying the Aim

106

(7)

Social Efficiency as Aim

113

(3)

Culture as Aim

116

(2)

Summary

118

(1)

CHAPTER X INTEREST AND DISCIPLINE:

The Meaning of the Terms

119

(6)

The Importance of the Idea of Interest in Education

125

(5)

Some Social Aspects of the Question

130

(2)

Summary

132

(1)

CHAPTER XI EXPERIENCE AND THINKING:

The Nature of Experience

133

(6)

Reflection in Experience

139

(6)

Summary

145

(1)

CHAPTER XII THINKING IN EDUCATION:

The Essentials of Method

146

(11)

Summary

157

(1)

CHAPTER XIII THE NATURE OF METHOD:

The Unity of Subject Matter and Method

158

(5)

Method as General and as Individual

163

(3)

The Traits of Individual Method

166

(7)

Summary

173

(1)

CHAPTER XIV THE NATURE OF SUBECT MATTER:

Subject Matter of Educator and of Learner

173

(4)

The Development of Subject Matter in the Learner

177

(5)

Science or Rationalized Knowledge

182

(2)

Subject Matter as Social

184

(2)

Summary

186

(1)

CHAPTER XV PLAY AND WORK IN THE CURRICULUM:

The Place of Active Occupations in Education

186

(2)

Available Occupations

188

(6)

Work and Play

194

(4)

Summary

198

(1)

CHAPTER XVI THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY:

Extension of Meaning of' Primary Activities

198

(3)

The Complementary Nature of History and Geography

201

(4)

History and Present Social Life

205

(4)

Summary

209

(1)

CHAPTER XVII SCIENCE IN THE COURSE OF STUDY:

The Logical and the Psychological

209

(5)

Science and Social Progress

214

(5)

Naturalism and Humanism in Education

219

(2)

Summary

221

(1)

CHAPTER XVIII EDUCATIONAL VALUES:

The Nature of Realization or Appreciation

222

(6)

The Valuation of Studies

228

(5)

The Segregation and Organization of Values

233

(6)

Summary

239

(1)

CHAPTER XIX LABOR AND LEISURE:

The Origin of the Opposition

240

(4)

The Present Situation

244

(6)

Summary

250

(1)

CHAPTER XX INTELLECTUAL AND PRACTICAL STUDIES:

The Opposition of Experience and True Knowledge

251

(4)

The Modern Theory of Experience and Knowledge

255

(5)

Experience as Experimentation

260

(4)

Summary

264

(2)

CHAPTER XXI PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES: NATURALISM AND HUMANISM:

The Historic Background of Humanistic Study

266

(3)

The Modern Scientific Interest in Nature

269

(4)

The Present Educational Problem

273

(5)

Summary

278

(1)

CHAPTER XXII THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE WORLD:

Mind as Purely Individual

279

(2)

Individual Mind as the Agent of Reorganization

281

(8)

Educational Equivalents

289

(4)

Summary

293

(1)

CHAPTER XXIII VOCATIONAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION:

The Meaning of Vocation

294

(2)

The Place of Vocational Aims in Education

296

(3)

Present Opportunities and Dangers

299

(7)

Summary

306

(2)

CHAPTER XXIV PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION:

A Critical Review

308

(2)

The Nature of Philosophy

310

(8)

Summary

318

(1)

CHAPTER XXV THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE:

Continuity versus Dualism

319

(6)

Schools of Method

325

(5)

Summary

330

(1)

CHAPTER XXVI THEORIES OF MORALS:

The Inner and Outer

330

(5)

The Opposition of Duty and Interest

335

(3)

Intelligence and Character

338

(3)

The Social and the Moral

341

(3)

Summary

344

(2)

INDEX

346

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