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9781441145864

Education After Dewey

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    9781441145864

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    1441145869

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-12-11
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

This study re-examines John Dewey's philosophy of education, and asks how well it stands up today in view of developments in Continental European philosophy.

Author Biography

Paul Fairfield teaches Philosophy at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.

Table of Contents

A Note about Referencesp. vii
Introduction: An Enigmatic Transitionp. 1
The Educative Process
Beyond Progressivism and Conservatismp. 13
Dewey's Copernican Revolutionp. 52
What Is Called Thinking?p. 101
Education in the Human Sciences
Teaching Philosophy: The Scholastic and the Thinkerp. 149
Teaching Religion: Spiritual Training or Indoctrination?p. 183
Teaching Ethics: From Moralism to Experimentalismp. 210
Teaching Politics: Training for Democratic Citizenshipp. 233
Teaching History: The Past and the Presentp. 257
Teaching Literature: Life and Narrativep. 280
Indexp. 305
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