Discovering John Dewey in the Twenty-First Century: Dialogues on the Present and Future of Education

ISBN-13: 9781137589491 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 260 str.

C. Gregg Jorgensen

Opis

This book features a unique collection of dialogues with fourteen notable scholars on their opinions and observations about John Dewey, a renowned educational philosopher of the twentieth century.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Consummate Dewey Intellectual: Larry Hickman

3. Champion of Change: Linda Darling-Hammond

4. Education Reform, Politics, and Change Advocate: Michael Apple

5. A Curriculum Scholar for All Time: Herbert M. Kliebard 

6. Teacher as a Scholar: Nel Noddings          

7. A Deweyan View for Teacher Practice: Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

8. Teach the Way Dewey Believed: Daniel Tanner

9. Philosopher and Deweyan: Judith Green

10. Reason and Rhetorical Questions: Walter Feinberg

11. A Historian Focused on Democracy: Robert B. Westbrook

12. A Guide to Authentic Pedagogy: Fred Newmann

13. Footprints from Chicago to New York City: David Hansen

14. A Teacher’s Teacher for the Twenty-First Century: Christine Sleeter

15. Leader of a Renewed Deweyan Philosophical Path: Jim Garrison

16. Final Reflection: Common Ground, Not So Common Ground

O autorze

C. Gregg Jorgensen is Adjunct Professor at Soka University of America, USA.

Blurb

This book features a unique collection of dialogues with fourteen notable scholars on their opinions and observations about John Dewey, a renowned educational philosopher of the twentieth century. The book explores varying views about John Dewey, his philosophy, and his educational theory. In revealing positive, sometimes negative, occasionally surprising, and consistently insightful viewpoints, the author seeks to enable the reader to reflect on the primary question: does John Dewey’s consequential educational philosophy have an important role in twenty-first century education and in nurturing and sustaining democratic ideals?