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Teachers, leaders, and schools : essays by John Dewey
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John Dewey was one of the most prominent philosophers and educational thinkers of the twentieth century, and his influence on modern education continues today. In Teachers, Leaders, and Schools: Es...
John Dewey was one of the most prominent philosophers and educational thinkers of the twentieth century, and his influence on modern education continues today. In Teachers, Leaders, and Schools: Essays by John Dewey, educators Douglas J. Simpson and Sam F. Stack Jr. have gathered some of Dewey's most user-friendly and insightful essays concerning education with the purpose of aiding potential and practicing teachers, administrators, and policy makers to prepare students for participation in democratic society. Selected largely, but not exclusively, for their accessib.
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- edited by Douglas J. Simpson and Sam F. Stack Jr
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
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- 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages)
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- ISBNs
- 0809385805, 9780809329991, 9786613674098, 0809329999, 128069713X, 9780809385805, 6613674095
- OCLC
- ocn730520006, ocn856870521
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English.
- PART ONE. The classroom teacher. Introduction -- My pedagogic creed (1897) -- To those who aspire to the profession of teaching (1938) -- Professional spirit among teachers (1913) -- The educational balance, efficiency and thinking (1916) -- Teaching ethics in the high school (1893) -- Philosophy of education (1913) -- -- PART TWO. The school curriculum. Introduction -- The psychological aspect of the school curriculum (1897) -- The moral significance of the common school studies (1909) -- Character training for youth (1934) -- Art in education (1911) -- Science as subject-matter and as method (1910) -- Theory of course of study (1911) -- -- PART THREE. The educational leader. Introduction -- Democracy and educational administration (1937) -- Toward administrative statesmanship (1935) -- General principles of educational articulation (1929) -- Democracy in education (1903) -- The classroom teacher (1924) -- -- PART FOUR. The ideal school. Introduction -- Monastery, bargain counter, or laboratory in education? (1932) -- Progressive education and the science of education (1928) -- Dewey outlines utopian schools (1933) -- What is learning? (1937) -- Education, direct and indirect (1904) -- The need for orientation (1935) -- -- PART FIVE. The democratic society. Introduction -- What is democracy? (circa 1946) -- Democracy is radical (1937) -- Freedom (1937) -- Intelligence and power (1934) -- Nationalizing education (1916) -- The teacher and the public (1935) -- The duties and responsibilities of the teaching profession (1930) -- Creative democracy -- the task before us (1939)