![]() Dewey believed that we could not fully achieve the benefits of education based on the dualisms that education has throughout the curriculum. Perhaps Dewey had the answers 100 years ago. ![]() Perhaps it is not content we are teaching but how we are teaching it. With the current backlash against education, I have my concerns. I believe that we need a more educated society than we currently have to help our nation succeed in an increasingly technical world. With the globalization of the information age, we still have this need. School was an essential ground to experience the differences of culture. Because of the industrial age, there were more demands of an individual to function in a diverse society. Dewey believed that education was essential for life. The US was in full swing of the industrial age, the US is now in the information age. Education is the key to success in both cases. I was struck how similar the world was to that of today. After the three days, I was wiped out.ĭewey has some wonderful ideas about education, but in my opinion, he makes you work for each one of them.ĭemocracy and Educationwas published in 1916. Over the winter break, I spent three days having an in-depth conversation with Mr. ![]() Well, that book happened to be Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education* by John Dewey. Darcy 2016 challenge was a book that intimated me. One of the last books I needed to read for Modern Mrs. ![]()
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