Dewey's Dream : Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform Civil Society, Public Schools, and Democratic Citizenship.

By: Benson, LeeContributor(s): Harkavy, Ira Richard | Puckett, John LMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (166 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781592135936Subject(s): Dewey, John, -- 1859-1952 | Education -- Philosophy | Educational changeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dewey's Dream : Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform Civil Society, Public Schools, and Democratic CitizenshipDDC classification: 370.1 LOC classification: LB875Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Dewey's Lifelong Crusade for Participatory Democracy -- Part I -- Chapter 1: Michigan Beginnings, 1884-1894 -- Chapter 2: Dewey at the University of Chicago, 1894-1904 -- Chapter 3: Dewey Leaves the University of Chicago for Columbia University -- Chapter 4: Elsie Clapp's Contributions to Community Schools -- Part II -- Chapter 5: Penn and the Third Revolution in American Higher Education -- Chapter 6: The Center for Community Partnerships -- Chapter 7:The University Civic Responsibility Idea Becomes an International Movement -- Chapter 8: John Dewey, the Coalition for Community Schools, and Developing a Participatory Democratic American Society -- Acknowledgments -- Authorship -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This timely, persuasive, and hopeful book reexamines John Dewey's idea of schools, specifically community schools, as the best places to grow a democratic society that is based on racial, social, and economic justice. The authors assert that American colleges and universities bear a responsibility for-and would benefit substantially from-working with schools to develop democratic schools and communities. Dewey's Dream opens with a reappraisal of Dewey's philosophy and an argument for its continued relevance today. The authors-all well-known in education circles-use illustrations from over 20 years of experience working with public schools in the University of Pennsylvania's local ecological community of West Philadelphia, to demonstrate how their ideas can be put into action. By emphasizing problem-solving as the foundation of education, their work has awakened university students to their social responsibilities. And while the project is still young, it demonstrates that Dewey's "Utopian ends" of creating optimally participatory democratic societies can lead to practical, constructive school, higher education and community change, development, and improvement.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Dewey's Lifelong Crusade for Participatory Democracy -- Part I -- Chapter 1: Michigan Beginnings, 1884-1894 -- Chapter 2: Dewey at the University of Chicago, 1894-1904 -- Chapter 3: Dewey Leaves the University of Chicago for Columbia University -- Chapter 4: Elsie Clapp's Contributions to Community Schools -- Part II -- Chapter 5: Penn and the Third Revolution in American Higher Education -- Chapter 6: The Center for Community Partnerships -- Chapter 7:The University Civic Responsibility Idea Becomes an International Movement -- Chapter 8: John Dewey, the Coalition for Community Schools, and Developing a Participatory Democratic American Society -- Acknowledgments -- Authorship -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors.

This timely, persuasive, and hopeful book reexamines John Dewey's idea of schools, specifically community schools, as the best places to grow a democratic society that is based on racial, social, and economic justice. The authors assert that American colleges and universities bear a responsibility for-and would benefit substantially from-working with schools to develop democratic schools and communities. Dewey's Dream opens with a reappraisal of Dewey's philosophy and an argument for its continued relevance today. The authors-all well-known in education circles-use illustrations from over 20 years of experience working with public schools in the University of Pennsylvania's local ecological community of West Philadelphia, to demonstrate how their ideas can be put into action. By emphasizing problem-solving as the foundation of education, their work has awakened university students to their social responsibilities. And while the project is still young, it demonstrates that Dewey's "Utopian ends" of creating optimally participatory democratic societies can lead to practical, constructive school, higher education and community change, development, and improvement.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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