Democracy and Education
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
Democracy and Education, published in 1916, is John Dewey's fullest statement of his philosophy of education and the book that made him the most influential educational thinker of the twentieth century. Dewey argues that education is not preparation for life but the process of life itself, the continual reorganization of experience, and that in a democracy schools must cultivate shared interests, free communication and the habit of intelligent inquiry rather than drill, obedience and the sorting of children into classes. He examines aims, interest and discipline, play and work, the place of science, history and vocation, and the old dualisms of mind and body, labor and leisure, that he wants schooling to overcome. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is Democracy and Education?
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