by John Dewey
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In this landmark work on public education, Dewey discusses methods of providing quality public education in a democratic society. First published close to 90 years ago, it sounded the call for a revolution in education, stressing growth, experience, and activity as factors that promote a democratic character in students.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
worthy content, bad presentation, 2008-03-11
I had read Dewey's Democracy and Education before, and wanted to own a copy to refer to again and again. I was not pleased with this particular edition, however. The type is small, and the chapter breaks are not clearly indicated.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Warning deep thinking ahead, 2008-01-07
I was required to read this book for my Masters in a class oddly enough called "Democracy and Education". This book contains information that has to be read and reread, and then the book needs to be put down for a moment in order to wrap your mind around what was just interpreted on the page. At least this is how I read the book. Needless to say, I didn't read this book in one day.
This book is a dense study, but that doesn't mean it isn't good material. It is very deep and times complex. I am a pretty well read person, but some of John Dewey's concepts are totally over my head. This is after I went through the process I noted prior, several times. John Dewey is very philosophical towards idealism in education and pedagogy. It would be nice to see more of Dewey's ideas put into practice in public schools and less emphasis on norm reference testing.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A must read for anyone in the education field, 2007-09-28
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I understand all of the goals Dewey envisioned. He was a brilliant man. I strongly recommend that you read this book first and then read Left Back by Diane Ravitch to learn how and why the progressive movement failed.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
 This book was..., 2006-02-20
Fantastic; a book I would recommend to just about anyone. To address some of the critics mentioned in the other reviews: RE: "Dewey Dogma" (1) There is absolutely no pretense of an application of the scientific method, hence there can be no mis-application; (2) This book strikes me personally as one of the least dogmatic things I've ever read in my life. The ideas are fresh, original, and beautiful crafted and ordered; (3) "Education is Socialization" - an equation of broadly construed "-tions" that results in a statement that one can neither agree nor disagree with.
I could be wrong, but nowhere did I read these ideas as explicit recommendations to be implemented, rather I read this book as a general exploration of educational aims and processes. Dewey (justifiably in my opinion) explores closely connected concepts which I imagine are left out of other educational texts, which is why some with pre-professional backgrounds in education count the length and depth of this book as a negative.
His writing, in my opinion, is clear and concise (at least in comparison with other great philosophers) - writing that I would personally aspire to. His ideas, and I can't say this enough, are some of the most original I've come across. We didn't really cover the pragmatists in any of my philosophy classes. Reading this makes me wish we had.
6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
A milestone, 2004-04-06
This book is one of the great milestones of American history and philosophy and particularly education. It's as relevant today as the day it was written a century ago.
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