Collected Writings on Education (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. My Pedagogic Creed + The School and Society + The Child and the Curriculum + Moral Principles in Education + Interest and Effort in Education + Democracy and EducationBy John Dewey
Length24h 16m
About this audiobook
Collected Writings on Education gathers John Dewey's major reflections on schooling, democracy, experience, and social reform, presenting education not as rote transmission but as an active reconstruction of life. Written in Dewey's lucid, argumentative, and pragmatist style, these essays and lectures belong to the progressive education movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when industrialization, mass democracy, and new psychology demanded a rethinking of the classroom as a civic and experiential community. Dewey, one of America's most influential philosophers, developed his educational thought from his broader pragmatism: ideas must be tested in lived practice, and knowledge grows through inquiry. His work at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, along with his engagement with philosophy, psychology, and democratic theory, shaped his conviction that schools should cultivate reflective intelligence, cooperation, and participation rather than passive obedience. This collection is essential for readers seeking the foundations of modern educational theory. Teachers, historians, philosophers, and policy thinkers will find in Dewey a demanding but humane guide to schooling as a moral and democratic enterprise, still urgently relevant to debates over curriculum, citizenship, and the purposes of learning.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreEducation and Learning
Length24 hrs 16 mins
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Publish dateNov 10, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Of the Conduct of the Understanding (Annotated)
32II INTEREST AS DIRECT AND INDIRECT
2Collected Writings on Education: My Pedagogic Creed + The School and Society + The Child and the Curriculum + Moral Principles in Education + Interest and Effort in Education + Democracy and Education
33III EFFORT, THINKING, AND MOTIVATION
3My Pedagogic Creed
34IV TYPES OF EDUCATIVE INTEREST
4ARTICLE ONE. WHAT EDUCATION IS
35V THE PLACE OF INTEREST IN THE THEORY OF EDUCATION
5ARTICLE TWO. WHAT THE SCHOOL IS
36Democracy and Education
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6ARTICLE THREE. THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF EDUCATION
37Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life
7ARTICLE FOUR. THE NATURE OF METHOD
38Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function
8ARTICLE FIVE. THE SCHOOL AND SOCIAL PROGRESS
39Chapter Three: Education as Direction
9The School and Society
40Chapter Four: Education as Growth
10Author’s Note
41Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline
11Author’s Note to Second Edition
42Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive
12I The School and Social Progress
43Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education
13II The School and the Life of the Child
44Chapter Eight: Aims in Education
14III Waste in Education
45Chapter Nine: Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims
15IV The Psychology of Elementary Education
46Chapter Ten: Interest and Discipline
16V Froebel’s Educational Principles
47Chapter Eleven: Experience and Thinking
17VI The Psychology of Occupations
48Chapter Twelve: Thinking in Education
18VII The Development of Attention
49Chapter Thirteen: The Nature of Method
19VIII The Aim of History in Elementary Education
50Chapter Fourteen: The Nature of Subject Matter
20Three Years of the University Elementary School
51Chapter Fifteen: Play and Work in the Curriculum
21The Child and the Curriculum
52Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History
22Moral Principles in Education
53Chapter Seventeen: Science in the Course of Study
23INTRODUCTION
54Chapter Eighteen: Educational Values
24I THE MORAL PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL
55Chapter Nineteen: Labor and Leisure
25II THE MORAL TRAINING GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
56Chapter Twenty: Intellectual and Practical Studies
26III THE MORAL TRAINING FROM METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
57Chapter Twenty-one: Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism
27IV THE SOCIAL NATURE OF THE COURSE OF STUDY
58Chapter Twenty-two: The Individual and the World
28V THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT OF MORAL EDUCATION
59Chapter Twenty-Three: Vocational Aspects of Education
29RIVERSIDE EDUCATIONAL MONOGRAPHS
60Chapter Twenty-four: Philosophy of Education
30Interest and Effort in Education
61Chapter Twenty-five: Theories of Knowledge
31I UNIFIED VERSUS DIVIDED ACTIVITY
62Chapter Twenty-six: Theories of Morals
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