John Dewey and the future of community college education /

Today, community colleges enroll 40% of all undergraduates in the United States. In the years ahead, these institutions are expected to serve an even larger share of this student population. However, faced with increasing government pressure to significantly improve student completion rates, many co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harbour, Clifford Perry, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Temas:
Dewey, John, > 1859-1952.
Dewey, John, > 1859-1952
Community colleges > United States.
Collèges communautaires > États-Unis.
Moral & social purpose of education.
Colleges of higher education.
Education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Community colleges
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The context. The contemporary community college
  • The community college of the future
  • Introducing John Dewey
  • The evolution of the community college. The junior college movement
  • The Great Depression and the junior college
  • The late twentieth century normative vision
  • Turning to a new normative vision
  • Dewey on education, democracy, and community. The relationship between democracy and education
  • the Great Society and the Great Community
  • Dewey and the Great Depression
  • The Deweyan community college.

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