I am looking for RG members who have read this book. And would really like to know what caught your attention in the book and what you discovered reading it.
Hi Kjartan. Can you sum up in a few sentences what made the book powerful to you. Thanks, Liam
Yes, I have alredy read John Dewey's powerful book "Democracy and Education" (1916). What caught my attention in this book was Dewey's idea that we learn by doing. As I see it, this idea lies at the heart of Piaget's constructivist approach to development and education. In other ways, we learn and develop while acting upon objects and interacting with other individuals. This idea is at odds, for example, with A. Bandura's thesis that we learn mainly by imitating what others do and think.
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Oralndo
Liam Noel Kelly Orlando M Lourenço There is a lot that is worth mentioning. An example is chapter 13, were Dewey discusses the nature of method. This book has had impact on educational systems all over the world. The book is so much more than the theory of learning through action and reflection. He discusses sentral points about enterpretation long before Gadamer. He discusses the difference between the spectator and the participant long before Hans Skjervheim. He understands that the teacher and the student can exchange roles and make both better long before Paulo Freire.
Dear Kjartan,
Thank you very much for your elaboration on key point of John Dewey's powerful book "Democracy and Education". As you say, the book is so much more than the theory of learning through action and reflection. To a great extent, John Dewy was much ahead of his time.
Kind regards,
Orlando
Thanks Kjartan. Often forgotten but successful practices such as method make a return. I must read the book when I get time.
Liam Noel Kelly Orlando M Lourenço Dewey was ahead of his time and travelled the world. Not only was he a thinker, an academic and an educator, but he was greatly involved in social reform in the USA together with his wife. He was a friend of George Herbert Mead. The Japanese Soka education is influenced by Dewey. The Norwegian education system has many things to thank Dewey for. I have just read several master thesises from Uganda were Dewey is influencing vocational education today.
Hello! I've read D&E in my seminar together with 40 pre-service teachers. The seminar was called (in German): Introduction to educational philosophy (because of that title I am still amazed that anyone showed up in the first session...). I picked the book because I regularly admire how ahead of his time Dewey was when it comes to teaching and education - and so did the students! Have you read some of his other works as well? I recommend 'My pedagogic creed' from 1897 (?)!
Thank you Peter Große Prues I have not read that text. I will now.
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