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Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education Paperback - 1997

by John Dewey


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John Dewey's Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education seeks to both critique and further the educational philosophies espoused by both Rousseau and Plato. Dewey found that Rousseau's ideas overemphasized the individual, whereas Plato's did the same with the society that the individual lived in. Dewey felt this distinction to be a false one, seeing the formation of our minds as a communal process, like Vygotsky did. Hence an individual makes sense only as a part of society, and the society makes sense only as a realization of its individuals.

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John Dewey's Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusion of vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self and society. First published in 1916, Democracy and Education is regarded as the seminal work on public education by one of the most important scholars of the century.

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The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.

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John Dewey's Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusion of vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self and society.

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  • Title Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
  • Author John Dewey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 378
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Date 1997-02-01
  • ISBN 9780684836317 / 0684836319
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Education - Philosophy, Education - Social aspects
  • Dewey Decimal Code 370.1
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