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Democracy and Education
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781406861020
ISBN: 1406861022
Label: Echo Library
Manufacturer: Echo Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
Publisher: Echo Library
Studio: Echo Library
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Editorial Review:
In this landmark work on public education, Dewey discusses methods of providing quality public education in a democratic society. First published close to 90 years ago, it sounded the call for a revolution in education, stressing growth, experience, and activity as factors that promote a democratic character in students.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - worthy content, bad presentation
I had read Dewey's Democracy and Education before, and wanted to own a copy to refer to again and again. I was not pleased with this particular edition, however. The type is small, and the chapter breaks are not clearly indicated.
Rating: - Warning deep thinking ahead
I was required to read this book for my Masters in a class oddly enough called "Democracy and Education". This book contains information that has to be read and reread, and then the book needs to be put down for a moment in order to wrap your mind around what was just interpreted on the page. At least this is how I read the book. Needless to say, I didn't read this book in one day.
This book is a dense study, but that doesn't mean it isn't good material. It is very deep and times ... Read More
Rating: - A must read for anyone in the education field
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I understand all of the goals Dewey envisioned. He was a brilliant man. I strongly recommend that you read this book first and then read Left Back by Diane Ravitch to learn how and why the progressive movement failed.
Rating:  - This book was...
Fantastic; a book I would recommend to just about anyone. To address some of the critics mentioned in the other reviews: RE: "Dewey Dogma" (1) There is absolutely no pretense of an application of the scientific method, hence there can be no mis-application; (2) This book strikes me personally as one of the least dogmatic things I've ever read in my life. The ideas are fresh, original, and beautiful crafted and ordered; (3) "Education is Socialization" - an equation of broadly construed "-tions" ... Read More
Rating: - A milestone
This book is one of the great milestones of American history and philosophy and particularly education. It's as relevant today as the day it was written a century ago.
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