Dewey's Dream : Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform /
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 responsibil...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2007.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | 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 illust. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (165 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781592135936 |