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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Democracy and Educationby: John Dewey  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781406861020 ISBN: 1406861022 Label: Echo Library Manufacturer: Echo Library Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: August 28, 2007 Publisher: Echo Library Studio: Echo Library Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In this landmark work on public education, Dewey discusses methods of providing quality public education in a democratic society. First published close to 90 years ago, it sounded the call for a revolution in education, stressing growth, experience, and activity as factors that promote a democratic character in students. Average Rating:
 Rating: - worthy content, bad presentationI had read Dewey's Democracy and Education before, and wanted to own a copy to refer to again and again. I was not pleased with this particular edition, however. The type is small, and the chapter breaks are not clearly indicated. Rating: - Warning deep thinking aheadI was required to read this book for my Masters in a class oddly enough called "Democracy and Education". This book contains information that has to be read and reread, and then the book needs to be put down for a moment in order to wrap your mind around what was just interpreted on the page. At least this is how I read the book. Needless to say, I didn't read this book in one day. This book is a dense study, but that doesn't mean it isn't good material. It is very deep and times ... Read More Rating: - A must read for anyone in the education fieldI thoroughly enjoyed the book, and I understand all of the goals Dewey envisioned. He was a brilliant man. I strongly recommend that you read this book first and then read Left Back by Diane Ravitch to learn how and why the progressive movement failed. Rating:  - This book was...Fantastic; a book I would recommend to just about anyone. To address some of the critics mentioned in the other reviews: RE: "Dewey Dogma" (1) There is absolutely no pretense of an application of the scientific method, hence there can be no mis-application; (2) This book strikes me personally as one of the least dogmatic things I've ever read in my life. The ideas are fresh, original, and beautiful crafted and ordered; (3) "Education is Socialization" - an equation of broadly construed "-tions" ... Read More Rating: - A milestoneThis book is one of the great milestones of American history and philosophy and particularly education. It's as relevant today as the day it was written a century ago. 
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