John Dewey: 108 books

More than six decades after John Dewey’s death, his political philosophy is undergoing a revival. With renewed interest in pragmatism and its implications for democracy in an age of mass communication, bureaucracy, and ever-increasing social complexities, Dewey’s The Public and Its Problems, first...

Dictionary of Education is a comprehensive resource on John Dewey’s approach to education. With smart, concise definitions pertaining to Dewey’s philosophies, editor Ralph B. Winn has constructed a classic dictionary and indispensable tool for anyone who wants ready access to Dewey’s most incisive thought on crucial points in the study of education.

One of the most influential forces in the shaping of American education, the famed philosopher and psychologist John Dewey (1859–1952) believed in "viewing the education of the child in the light of the principles of mental activity and processes of growth made know by modern psychology." As the administrator...

John Dewey’s first book, published in 1887, outlines his earliest philosophic views. One of the founders of the philosophy of pragmatism and functional psychology, Dewey’s commitment to British neo-Hegelianism is expressed here, providing philosophy students with an indispensable look at Dewey’s developing ideas.

Il Mio Credo Pedagogico è il “manifesto” delle scuole nuove. Per l’epoca fu una fucilata sparata nel mezzo di una palude pedagogica che non riusciva a riconoscere la centralità del soggetto nel processo educativo. Dewey divenne il massimo rappresentante teorico della Scuola progressiva. Con...

'Nationalizing Citizenship', qui proposto con il titolo 'Spazi di cittadinanza', è il testo della relazione che John Dewey tiene al LIV meeting annuale della National Education Association of the United States (New York City, 1 - 8 luglio 1916). È un testo che entra nel vivo della discussione negli...

This edition brings Dewey's educational theory into sharp focus, framing his two classic works by frank assessments, past and present, of the practical applications of Dewey's ideas. In addition to a substantial introduction in which Philip W. Jackson explains why more of Dewey's ideas haven't been...

My Pedagogic Creed is the "manifesto" of the new schools. By the time a shot was fired in the middle of a swamp pedagogical could not recognize the centrality of the subject in the educational process. Dewey became the theoretical maximum representative of the progressive school. With the...

Mi credo pedagógico es el "manifiesto" de las nuevas escuelas. Por el momento se disparó un tiro en el medio de un pantano pedagógico que no podía reconocer la centralidad del sujeto en el proceso educativo. Dewey se convirtió en el representante máximo teórico de la escuela progresista....

"How We Think" is John Dewey's exposition on the nature of human thinking. Illustrated through numerous everyday examples, Dewey details the varying processes by which one might engage in the critical thinking process. With the aim of making students better at the methods of thought and thus better students, "How We Think" is an essential read for both students and teachers alike.

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John Dewey believed that schools were social institutions. In Moral Principles in Education, Dewey makes a strong case for the importance of schools not only as a place to gain knowledge, but also as a place to learn how to live a moral life.

Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education is a 1916 book by John Dewey. Dewey sought to at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Plato. He saw Rousseau's...

The esteemed psychologist and thinker John Dewey headed for previously unexplored philosophical territory with this influential work. Written shortly after World War I, it embodies Dewey's system of pragmatic humanism and maintains that individuals can attain "a more ordered and intelligent happiness"...