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Inquiry And Education: John Dewey And the Quest for Democracy (S U N Y SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION) - Hardcover
Provides a central role for Dewey’s talk of education and how it fits into his overall philosophy.
Inquiry and Education offers a lucid and challenging interpretation of John Dewey, his critics, and his supporters. Thematically organized, the book focuses on four of Dewey’s preeminent concerns―inquiry, growth, community, and democracy―and their close association with formal education. This book fills a void in the literature on Dewey by providing the first critical exploration of the philosopher’s talk of education and how this fits into his overall philosophy. James Scott Johnston develops Dewey’s thinking and suggests that Dewey’s theory of inquiry is best described as self-correcting and context-bound.
Inquiry and Education offers a lucid and challenging interpretation of John Dewey, his critics, and his supporters. Thematically organized, the book focuses on four of Dewey’s preeminent concerns―inquiry, growth, community, and democracy―and their close association with formal education. This book fills a void in the literature on Dewey by providing the first critical exploration of the philosopher’s talk of education and how this fits into his overall philosophy. James Scott Johnston develops Dewey’s thinking and suggests that Dewey’s theory of inquiry is best described as self-correcting and context-bound.
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Inquiry and Education offers a lucid and challenging interpretation of John Dewey, his critics, and his supporters. Thematically organized, the book focuses on four of Dewey’s preeminent concerns—inquiry, growth, community, and democracy—and their close association with formal education. This book fills a void in the literature on Dewey by providing the first critical exploration of the philosopher’s talk of education and how this fits into his overall philosophy. James Scott Johnston develops Dewey’s thinking and suggests that Dewey’s theory of inquiry is best described as self-correcting and context-bound.
About the Author:
"Johnston’s deft analysis of the charges advanced against Dewey by his many critics expands our understanding of the relation of his educational theories to his wider philosophical project." — Larry Hickman, Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
"I like how the author lays out the richness of the Deweyan tradition as it has impacted the philosophical debates of the twentieth century." — Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Miami University
James Scott Johnston is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Education at Queen’s University, Ontario.
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- PublisherState Univ of New York Pr
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0791467236
- ISBN 13 9780791467237
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages244
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