Democracy and Education An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
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- APAJohn Dewey. (n.d.). Democracy and Education An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/john-dewey/democracy-and-education-an-introduction-to-the-philosophy-of-education
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What it is about
The 1916 book in which Dewey argues that democracy is not first a form of government but a way of living together, and that school is where that is learned or not learned.
Context and history
The argument: to educate is not to transmit a deposit of knowledge to a passive receiver, but to organise experience so that the learner has to do, try and correct. In the same way, a society is democratic to the degree that its members share interests and exchange freely with other groups; separating 'liberal' from 'vocational' education reproduces inside the school the class division outside it. Dewey said this was the book in which his philosophy as a whole was most fully set out. It is the foundation of the progressive education movement.
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possible but I am sure that there are still mistakes. Please feel free to email me any errors or mistakes that you find. Citing the Chapter and paragraph. [email protected] and [email protected] are my email addresses for now. David Reed I would like to dedicate this etext to my mother who was a elementary school teacher for more years than I can remember. Thanks. Contents: Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function Chapter Three: Education as Direction Chapter Four: Education as Growth Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education Chapter Eight: Aims in Education Chapter Nine: Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims Chapter Ten: Interest and Discipline Chapter Eleven: Experience and Thinking Chapter Twelve: Thinking in Education Chapter Thirteen: The Nature of Method Chapter Fourteen: The Nature of Subject Matter Chapter Fifteen: Play and Work in the Curriculum Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History Chapter Seventeen: Science in the Course of Study Chapter Eighteen: Educational Values Chapter Nineteen: Labor and Leisure Chapter Twenty: Intellectual and Practical Studies Chapter Twenty-one: Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism Chapter Twenty-two: The Individual and the World Chapter Twenty-Three: Vocational Aspects of Education Chapter Twenty-four: Philosophy of Education Chapter Twenty-five: Theories of Knowledge Chapter Twenty-six: Theories of Morals Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life 1. Renewal of Life by Transmission.…