1st Edition
Social Reconstruction Learning Dualism, Dewey and Philosophy in Schools
By Jennifer Bleazby
Copyright 2013
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume argues that educational problems have their basis in an ideology of binary opposites often referred to as dualism, which is deeply embedded in all aspects of Western society and philosophy, and that it is partly because mainstream schooling incorporates dualism that it is unable to facilitate the thinking skills, dispositions and understandings necessary for autonomy, democratic... Read more
Introduction 1. The Problem of Dualisms 2. Dewey’s Community of Inquiry: A Response to Dualism 3. A Response to Absolute/Relative Dualism: Truth and Meaning in Dewey and Philosophy for Children 4. A Response to Reason/Imagination Dualism: The Imagination in Dewey and Philosophy for Children 5. A Response to Reason/Emotion Dualism: The Emotions in Dewey and Philosophy for Children 6. A Response to Individual/Community Dualism: Community, Autonomy and Democracy in Dewey and Philosophy for Children 7. A Response to Male/Female Dualism: Reconstructing Gender in Philosophy for Children 8. A Response to Theory/Practice Dualism: Social Reconstruction Learning. Conclusion.
Biography
Jennifer Bleazby is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.
