John Dewey and the Challenge of Classroom Practice (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

Stephen M. Fishman; Lucille McCarthy

ISBN 10: 0807737267 / ISBN 13: 9780807737262

Published by Teachers College Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: John Dewey and the Challenge of Classroom Practice (Practitioner Inquiry Series)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807737267
• ISBN 13: 9780807737262
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first systematic exploration of Deweyan pedagogy in an actual classroom since studies of Dewey’s own Laboratory School at the turn of the century! In Part I, using accessible language, Stephen Fishman discusses Dewey’s educational theory in the context of Dewey’s ideology and process philosophy. In Part II, Fishman joins composition specialist Lucille McCarthy to examine his own Introduction to Philosophy class. In doing so, the authors model a collaborative form of practitioner inquiry and bring to life such complex Deweyan concepts as student-curriculum integration, interest and effort, and continuity and interaction.

About the Author

Stephen M. Fishman teaches philosophy at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Lucille McCarthy teaches composition and literature at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.