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Democracy and Education Reconsidered: Dewey After One Hundred Years book cover

1st Edition

Democracy and Education Reconsidered Dewey After One Hundred Years

By Jim Garrison, Stefan Neubert, Kersten Reich Copyright 2016
248 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Democracy and Education Reconsidered highlights the continued relevance of John Dewey’s Democracy and Education while also examining the need to reconstruct and re-contextualize Dewey’s educational philosophy for our time. The authors propose ways of revising Dewey’s thought in light of the challenges facing contemporary education and society, and address other themes not touched upon heavily... Read more

1. Education as a Necessity of Life

2. Education as a Social Function

3. Education as Interaction and Communication

4. Education as Growth

5. The Democratic Conception in Education

6. Aims and Competencies in Education

7. Interest, Discipline, and Power in Education

8. Contents, Relationships, and Methods in Education

9. Class, Race, Gender, and Disability

10. Capitals as Contexts of Education

11. The Way to Democratic Inclusion

12. Philosophy as Education: From Pragmatism to Constructivism

Biography

Jim Garrison is Professor of Philosophy of Education at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Stefan Neubert is Privatdozent (PR Dr.) at the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne.

Kersten Reich is Professor of Educational Research at the University of Cologne.

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