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Educational Pragmatist Philosopher John Dewey

his detractors?with an abandonment of standards within US classrooms in favor of a focus on growth and self-fulfillment (Berkowitz...

Experience, Aesthetics, and John Dewey's Educational Philosophy

In five pages this paper discusses how experience is explained by John Dewey in a description of aesthetics. Five sources are cit...

John Dewey's Educational Philosophy

of education is determined by the many forces struggling against each other during any given era, forces such as political, religi...

1916 Text Democracy in Education by John Dewey

the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and b...

Teacher's Views on US Educational Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines the US educational philosophy from an educator's perspective with John Dewey's philosophy among ...

Education and John Dewey

a social reformer. In his writings, these areas are explored. He inherited his theory of pragmatic tradition form Charles Sander...

Comparing E.D. Hirsch and John Dewey

In five pages the educational theories of John Dewey and E.D. Hirsch are compared as they are reflected in the works Dewey on Educ...

Works of Dewey, Mill, Nozick, Rawls, Locke and Burke and the Influences of Education, Society, and Politics

(1757) were published when he was only in his mid to late twenties. In the same time period, he married an Irish Catholic woman na...

Political Theories' Synopsis

the time, which was that an absolute monarchy was not an adequate form of governance because it contained no means by which indivi...

Comparative Analysis of the Educational Theories of James Banks and John Dewey

of growing social concerns. As such, the impact and theories developed about human development and growth, as well as the learning...

Western Civilizations's Pivotal Event

to a calling more suited to their socioeconomic status. In other words, if one were poor, one would be placed on the vocational tr...

Education and John Dewey

"in its interaction with the pupils present" (Garrison, 1999). Teachers need to do more than present the material in an orderly w...

Teacher Issues, Change, and Multiculturalism

In five pages this paper examines the impacts of multiculturalism and change upon the educational profession and philosophy with H...

Social Function of Education According to John Dewey

In five pages this report examines the environmental and social functionality views of John Dewey as they relate to education in a...

Personal Development and Developmental Theories

In twenty pages personal development is considered within the context of such developmental theories as John Dewey's Development M...

Considering What Makes a 'Just' Community

In five pages this research paper discusses what makes a 'just' community from John Dewey's standpoint that involves social freedo...

Human Nature and Democracy

In five pages this research paper considers how democracy is the type of government that most adequately suits human nature in a d...

Comparison o f William James' Verification and John Dewey's Experience and Inquiry

example, in his Art as Experience (1934) he explained that he understood art as the experience of focusing on the production of ob...

Rochester, NY, and Education According to John Dewey's Philosophy and Carter G. Woodson's The Mis Education of the Negro

him to accept an inferior status" (1998, p. 84). Having African Americans accept their inferior status in American society was n...

Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Constructivism

way will these children be able to discriminate, to make distinctions that penetrate below the surface" (Campbell, 1995, p. 216). ...

Pragmatism and Education

education, and Dewey himself was immersed in this topic. Dewey (1964) suggests that education is something that should be aligned ...

Theory and Practice Relationship

The relationship between theory and practice in education is a long-standing controversy. This is one of the issues discussed in t...

Educational Process, Subject Matter, and Experience According to John Dewey and Plato

qualities in the face of conflict or challenge. "Deliberate effort and the taking of thoughtful pains are required...Education, a...

Educational Philosophy of John Dewey

gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...

Educational Philosophy of John Dewey

This paper consisting of six pages considers the influence John Dewey continues to exert on the system of public schools and on th...

'Justice as Fairness' and John Rawls

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

Education and John Locke

independence of judgment marked him throughout his life (1998). While Lockes contribution to the ideas of education is quite sign...

Evaluating the Paradox of John Locke

that people do have a duty to God, which is coupled with a duty to obey their ruler (Honderich, 1995). At the same time, Locke say...

Property According to John Locke

because although God has given man great riches, he has limited it: "The same law of nature, that does by this means give us prop...

Why Socrates 'Did' Philosophy According to J.S. Mill

In four pages John Stuart Mill's views on why philosophy was 'done' by Socrates are examined in a consideration of the ancient Gre...