John Dewey

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Bertrand Russell’s History of Philosophy refers to Dewey as ‘generally admitted to be the leading living philosopher of America’. This honourable mention lay partly in his pragmatic theory of meaning, through which so many baffling philosophical problems were claimed to have been solved – as well as educational ones. It is in connection with his educational ideas, however, that Dewey became either famous or infamous. In the United States he had been seen both as saviour of American education by those who welcomed a more child-centred curriculum, and yet as ‘worse than Hitler’ by those who saw his ideas as undermining traditional education – an accusation shared by his detractors in Britain. This account seeks to bring together Dewey’s educational thinking and its frequently forgotten foundations in a pragmatic theory of meaning. In so doing, the book seeks to show that John Dewey is ‘a philosopher of education for our time’.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-10-23
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781472518774

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Pedagogisk teori och filosofi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Richard Pring retired from being the first Professor of Educational Studies, and Director of the Department, at the University of Oxford, UK, in 2003 after 14 years. After retirement he was Lead Director of the £1 million Nuffield Foundation review, whose report Education for All: the future of education and training for 14-19 year olds was published in 2009. His most recent book, Life and Death of Secondary Education for All, has followed up the review.

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Its greatest success is in bringing the lens of Dewey's philosophy to current educational problems. Through Pring's studied lens we see two images clearly: the piteous one a society that neither respects nor even particularly likes children and a hopeful one of a pair of educational philosophers, Pring and Dewey, who do.

Innehållsförteckning

Series Editor's PrefaceForewordIntroduction: Genesis and Nature of the BookPart I: Intellectual Biography 1. Dewey: The Man, his Life, his Writings and his BequestPart II: Critical Exposition of Dewey's Work 2. Educational Aims3. Experiencing, Making Sense, Knowing and Inquiring4. Child-centred Education5. Curriculum: Logical and Psychological Aspects6. Community and the Individual: Democracy and EthicsPart III: Philosophical Underpinnings7. Pragmatism: Meaning, Truth and ValuePart IV: A Philosopher of Education for our Time?8. Current Problems and Dewey's 'Would-be Response'BibliographyIndex