Discovering John Dewey in the Twenty-First Century [electronic resource] : Dialogues on the Present and Future of Education / by C. Gregg Jorgensen.

By: Jorgensen, C. Gregg [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017Description: X, 260 p. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137589507Subject(s): Education | Education -- Philosophy | Education | Educational PhilosophyAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 370.1 LOC classification: LC8-6691Online resources: e-book Full-text access
Contents:
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. .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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?

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. .

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?

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