John Dewey The Middle Works, 1899-1924

by Boydston, Jo Ann; Baysinger, Patricia R.; Levine, Barbara; Hook, Sidney

• ISBN13: 9780809328048
• ISBN10: 0809328046
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr

Summary

John Dewey's classic work Democracy and Education is presented here in an authoritative edition with an introduction by Sidney Hook. Although Dewey's publishing agreement called for him to write a "Textbook on the Philosophy of Education," he said not long after it appeared that "Democracy and Education, in spite of its title, is the closest attempt I have made to sum up my entire philosophical position."

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Democracy and Education: Preface, 3	p. 1
Education as a Necessity of Life	p. 4
Education as a Social Function	p. 14
Education as Direction	p. 28
Education as Growth	p. 46
Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline	p. 59
Education as Conservative and Progressive	p. 75
The Democratic Conception in Education	p. 87
Aims in Education	p. 107
Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims	p. 118
Interest and Discipline	p. 131
Experience and Thinking	p. 146
Thinking in Education	p. 159
The Nature of Method	p. 171
The Nature of Subject Matter	p. 188
Play and Work in the Curriculum	p. 202
The Significance of Geography and History	p. 215
Science in the Course of Study	p. 227
Educational Values	p. 240
Labor and Leisure	p. 259
Intellectual and Practical Studies	p. 271
Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism	p. 286
The Individual and the World	p. 300
Vocational Aspects of Education	p. 316
Philosophy of Education	p. 331
Theories of Knowledge	p. 343
Theories of Morals	p. 356
First Edition Pagination Key	p. 371
Textual Apparatus	p. 375
Index	p. 393
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