Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education is a 1916 book by John Dewey. Dewey sought to at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Plato. He saw Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overemphasizing the society in which the individual lived. In Democracy and Education, Dewey argues that the primary ineluctable facts of the birth and death of each one of the constituent members in a social group determine the necessity of education. On one hand, there is the contrast between the immaturity of the new-born members of the group (its future sole representatives) and the maturity of the adult members who possess the knowledge and customs of the group. On the other hand, there is the necessity that these immature members be not merely physically preserved in adequate numbers, but that they be initiated into the interests, purposes, information, skill, and practices of the mature members: otherwise the group will cease its characteristic life.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	May 8, 2016
ISBN13	9781533148346
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	450
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 23 mm · 598 g
Language	English

Show all

More by John Dewey

Others have also bought

More from this series

See all of John Dewey ( e.g. Paperback Book , Hardcover Book , Book and Sewn Spine Book )