John Dewey Contributor(s): Pring, Richard (Author), Bailey, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472518772 ISBN-13: 9781472518774 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Reference - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | Computers & Technology |
Dewey: B |
Series: Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Bertrand Russell's History of Philosophy refers to Dewey as 'generally admitted to be the leading living philosopher of America'. This honourable mention lay partly in his pragmatic theory of meaning, through which so many baffling philosophical problems were claimed to have been solved - as well as educational ones. It is in connection with his educational ideas, however, that Dewey became either famous or infamous. In the United States he had been seen both as saviour of American education by those who welcomed a more child-centred curriculum, and yet as 'worse than Hitler' by those who saw his ideas as undermining traditional education - an accusation shared by his detractors in Britain. This account seeks to bring together Dewey's educational thinking and its frequently forgotten foundations in a pragmatic theory of meaning. In so doing, the book seeks to show that John Dewey is 'a philosopher of education for our time'. |