Democracy and Education

By Dewey, John

Book Id: WPLBN0000660472
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Democracy and Education
Author:	Dewey, John
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action.

Table of Contents
Contents Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life .............................................................................. 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function .............................................................................. 14 Chapter Three: Education as Direction ........................................................................................ 28 Chapter Four: Education as Growth ............................................................................................. 46 Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline................................................... 58 Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive ........................................................... 74 Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education ......................................................... 85 Chapter Eight: Aims in Education .............................................................................................. 105 Chapter Nine: Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims.........................................116 Chapter Ten: Interest and Discipline ........................................................................................... 130 Chapter Eleven: Experience and Thinking ................................................................................. 145 Chapter Twelve: Thinking in Education ..................................................................................... 158 Chapter Thirteen: The Nature of Method .................................................................................. 171 Chapter Fourteen: The Nature of Subject Matter ..................................................................... 188 Chapter Fifteen: Play and Work in the Curriculum .................................................................. 202 Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History ................................................. 214