The Education of John Dewey
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (710 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231116764 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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A pleasant read, but a substantive disappointment Richard A. Jenkins Martin endeavors to write a psychological portrait of John Dewey, but falls short. Ironically, the least developed aspect of Dewey's life in this volume is that of Dewey, the psychologist. Dewey was an early member (& president) of the American Psychological Assn. His observation of the reflex arc is still a staple of introductory psychology and the social psychological concepts and models he developed with George Herbert Mead and others prefigured much of the contemporary . Alan S. Rench said The Education of John Dewey. Jay Martin has accomplished a monumental task in his efforts to uncover the true natures of John Dewey and his colorful life. My interest is in educational psychology and pedagogy. I admit a bit of disappointment in that Dewey's theories - - philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical - - were not explored as much as I had hoped. Nonetheless, I feel that Martin's book is a good primer for anyone who is interested in not only Dewey but, also, names such as Parker, and Tyle. "Dewey and the Light of Experience" according to Mark Mraz. Martin's book has an interesting premise, that the life experience of John Dewey was his education. That makes logical sense. Martin was privy to documents from the Dewey Center that were just made available to the public. The book is full of thought provaking information. I especially enjoyed the parts about his high school and college teaching styles. However, the author raises several unanswered questons? Why did Dewey teach high school and college classes different? Wha
During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten most important thinkers in American history. His University of Chicago Laboratory School (founded in 1896) thrives still and is a model for schools worldwide, especially in emerging democracies. Based on original sources, notably the vast collection of unpublished papers in the Center for Dewey Studies, this book tells the full story, for the first time, of the life and times of the eminent American philosopher, pragmatist, education reformer, and man of letters. His work on education is famous worldwide and is still influential today, anticipating as it did the ascendance in contemporary American pedagogy of multiculturalism and independent thinking. A fitting tribute to a master thinker, Martin has rendered a tour de force portrait of
This will be the new standard biography of the great reformer's life. All rights reserved. Bowing to readability, Martin emphasizes Dewey's activities as a public expositor over scholarly mulling of his philosophical works, even as he records Dewey's life with a beloved first wife, succeeded by a second whom his children despised. Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. Although he was serious and conventional in his personal life, intellectually Dewey traveled far from his pietistic upbringing in the 1860s, traversing Hegelian idealism en route to his arrival to the view that the practical must trump the theoretical. From Booklist Superseding The Life and Mind of John Dewey by George Dykhuize