Dewey, John 1859-1952

Democracy and education : an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey ( Book )
147 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 3,417 libraries worldwide
Publisher description: John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that learning was active and schooling unnecessarily long and restrictive. His idea was that children came to school to do things and live in a community which gave them real, guided experiences which fostered their capacity to contribute to society. For example, Dewey believed that students should be involved in real-life tasks and challenges: maths could be learnt via learning proportions in cooking or figuring out how long it would take to get from one place to another by mule history could be learnt by experiencing how people lived, geography, what the climate was like, and how plants and animals grew, were important subjects Dewey had a gift for suggesting activities that captured the center of what his classes were studying. Dewey's education philosophy helped forward the "progressive education" movement, and spawned the development of "experiential education" programs and experiments.

Experience and education by John Dewey ( Book )
92 editions published between 1938 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 2,350 libraries worldwide

Human nature and conduct; an introduction to social psychology by John Dewey ( Book )
43 editions published between 1921 and 2010 in English and held by 2,268 libraries worldwide
"The book ... sets forth a belief that an understanding of habit and of different types of habit is the key to social psychology."--Pref.

Art as experience by John Dewey ( Book )
40 editions published between 1934 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 2,175 libraries worldwide

A common faith by John Dewey ( Book )
30 editions published between 1934 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 2,109 libraries worldwide

Reconstruction in philosophy by John Dewey ( Book )
84 editions published between 1920 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 1,997 libraries worldwide

Experience and nature by John Dewey ( Book )
53 editions published between 1900 and 2008 in English and German and held by 1,942 libraries worldwide

The school and society by John Dewey ( Book )
116 editions published between 1899 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,923 libraries worldwide
The two books in this volume ... grew out of [the author's] hands-on experience with the laboratory school and represent the earliest authoritative statement of his revolutionary emphasis on education as an experimental, child-centered process. In The school and society, he declares that we must "make each one of our schools an embryonic community life, active with types of occupations that reflect the life of the larger society and permeated with the spirit of art, history, and science." In The child and the curriculum, he stresses the importance of the curriculum as a means of determining the environment of the child, and allowing the teacher to guide children in asserting themselves, exercising their capacities, and fulfilling the destinies of their own nature. -Back cover.

Intelligence in the modern world; John Dewey's philosophy by John Dewey ( Book )
16 editions published in 1939 in English and held by 1,911 libraries worldwide
Selections from writings of John Dewey, with a 241 p. introduction by the editor.

Ethics by John Dewey ( Book )
65 editions published between 1908 and 1996 in 5 languages and held by 1,826 libraries worldwide