Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
By John Dewey
Length15h 21m
About this audiobook
John Dewey’s foundational work in education theory emphasizes the importance of learning as a social and interactive process. It advocates for progressive education methods, where students actively engage with their environment and critical thinking is prioritized. This text remains central to discussions of educational reform and philosophy.
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Publish dateJan 1, 1916
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Table of contents
1by John Dewey
2Chapter One: Education As A Necessity Of Life
3Summary. It Is The Very Nature Of Life To Strive To Continue In Being
4Chapter Two: Education As A Social Function
5Summary. The Development Within The Young Of The Attitudes And
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6Chapter Three: Education As Direction
7Summary. The Natural Or Native Impulses Of The Young Do Not Agree With
8Chapter Four: Education As Growth
9Summary. Power To Grow Depends Upon Need For Others And Plasticity
10Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, And Formal Discipline
11Summary. The Conception That The Result Of The Educative Process Is
12Chapter Six: Education As Conservative And Progressive
13Summary. Education May Be Conceived Either Retrospectively Or
14Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception In Education
15Summary. Since Education Is A Social Process, And There Are Many Kinds
16Chapter Eight: Aims In Education
17Summary. An Aim Denotes The Result Of Any Natural Process Brought To
18Chapter Nine: Natural Development And Social Efficiency As Aims
19Summary. General Or Comprehensive Aims Are Points Of View For Surveying
20Chapter Ten: Interest And Discipline
21Summary. Interest And Discipline Are Correlative Aspects Of Activity
22Chapter Eleven: Experience And Thinking
23Summary. In Determining The Place Of Thinking In Experience We First
24Chapter Twelve: Thinking In Education
25Summary. Processes Of Instruction Are Unified In The Degree In Which
26Chapter Thirteen: The Nature Of Method
27Summary. Method Is A Statement Of The Way The Subject Matter Of An
28Chapter Fourteen: The Nature Of Subject Matter
29Summary. The Subject Matter Of Education Consists Primarily Of The
30Chapter Fifteen: Play And Work In The Curriculum
31Summary. In The Previous Chapter We Found That The Primary Subject
32Chapter Sixteen: The Significance Of Geography And History
33Summary. It Is The Nature Of An Experience To Have Implications Which
34Chapter Seventeen: Science In The Course Of Study
35Summary. Science Represents The Fruition Of The Cognitive Factors In
36Chapter Eighteen: Educational Values
37Summary. Fundamentally, The Elements Involved In A Discussion Of Value
38Chapter Nineteen: Labor And Leisure
39Summary. Of The Segregations Of Educational Values Discussed In The
40Chapter Twenty: Intellectual And Practical Studies
41Summary. The Greeks Were Induced To Philosophize By The Increasing
42Chapter Twenty-one: Physical And Social Studies: Naturalism And Humanism
43Summary. The Philosophic Dualism Between Man And Nature Is Reflected In
44Chapter Twenty-two: The Individual And The World
45Summary. True Individualism Is A Product Of The Relaxation Of The Grip
46Chapter Twenty-three: Vocational Aspects Of Education
47Summary. A Vocation Signifies Any Form Of Continuous Activity Which
48Chapter Twenty-four: Philosophy Of Education
49Summary. After A Review Designed To Bring Out The Philosophic Issues
50Chapter Twenty-five: Theories Of Knowledge
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