The School and Society & the Child and the Curriculum Dewey JohnPaperback
One of the most influential forces in the shaping of American education, the famed philosopher and psychologist John Dewey (1859-1952) believed in viewing the education of the child in the light of…
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One of the most influential forces in the shaping of American education, the famed philosopher and psychologist John Dewey (1859-1952) believed in viewing the education of the child in the light of the principles of mental activity and processes of growth made know by modern psychology. As the administrator of the University of Chicago's laboratory school -- which he established in 1896 and which was one of the first such schools in the United States -- Dewey came to the realization that learning was a process starting from uncertainty and growing from the impulse which must begin with experience, and the curriculum must be made to relate to the students' interests.The two books in this volume -- both short, but extremely influential -- grew out of Dewey's hands-on experience with the laboratory school and represent the earliest authoritative statement of his revolutionary emphasis
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