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Politics Institutionalization, Expert and Non Expert Roles

by viewing the history of "political thought and practice through the lens of what he called the American tradition of empirical c...

Pragmatism and Education

education, and Dewey himself was immersed in this topic. Dewey (1964) suggests that education is something that should be aligned ...

Theory and Practice Relationship

The relationship between theory and practice in education is a long-standing controversy. This is one of the issues discussed in t...

Personal Development and Developmental Theories

In twenty pages personal development is considered within the context of such developmental theories as John Dewey's Development M...

Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Constructivism

way will these children be able to discriminate, to make distinctions that penetrate below the surface" (Campbell, 1995, p. 216). ...

Considering What Makes a 'Just' Community

In five pages this research paper discusses what makes a 'just' community from John Dewey's standpoint that involves social freedo...

Historical Context Regarding Philosophy's Intent

In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...

Pestalozzi Gardner Dewey

This essay discusses the major concepts of several early educational psychologists including Noddings, Dewey, Vygotsky, Gardner, a...

Traditional and Progressive Models Used in Curriculum Development

parents, and the work is reduced because the children simply cannot keep up. There are so many ways that teachers seem to cut corn...

Overview of Pragmatism

Scientific reasoning or experimental reasoning is a branch of logic that follows along Deweys pragmatic combination of deduction a...

Learning Theories and Philosophy of Education

positive change are the most successful in terms of influencing educational development and learner outcomes. As a component of ...

Educational Perspectives of Dewey, Jefferson, Mill, Kant, Rousseau, and Hume

The educational perspectives of these individuals are contrasted and compared in three pages. Two sources are cited in the biblio...

Whistle Blowing and the Theory of Lawrence Kohlberg

In five pages this paper discusses the adaptations of the Piaget and Dewey philosophies that have become to be known as the Kohlbe...

Philosophy's Role and Defense of Socrates in Apology by Plato

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

The revolutionary philosophy of Rene Descartes as it is presented within Meditations on First Philosophy is explained in an essay ...

Comparative Philosophical Analysis of David Hume and George Berkeley

In five pages this report compares Hume and Berkeley in terms of their philosophies' differences and similarities particularly as ...

Education and Philosophy

In nine pages this paper examines teaching philosophies in this overview that explores the relationship between philosophy and edu...

Reflex Arc Interpretation by John Dewey

In five pages this paper discusses the Practical Character of Reality, Units of Behavior, and the reflex arc as interpreted by Joh...

Health Education Advances

This is a research paper consisting of ten pages that considers early twentieth century health education advances and includes the...

Advertising and the Growth of Propaganda

In eight pages this paper examines advertising propaganda and its growing uses with John Dewey and Edward Bernays and their differ...

Shortcomings of a Cookie Cutter Education

get to the end at the same time as others of their age is a prospect that is near sighted to say the least. One questionable pro...

Question About Education

of education to another without really understanding past methods, often put in use today, and their success. In essence, it is cr...

Democracy and Education by John Dewey

educated people, saying they live in "ivory towers" and dont understand whats going on in the real world.) Dewey believes that the...

Oppression as Seen in Various Works

2002; 131). In this she is clearly summing up some of her particular condition, in relationship to her race and oppression in soci...

Transformation and Learning

This essay applies the theories of education developed by Paulo Friere and John Dewey to the personal learning experience of the s...

Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

Experience and Education by John Dewey

the future from a long term angle. More often than not the furthest an educational pursuit seems to aim at is perhaps 10 years, no...

Education According to James Banks and John Dewey

truth is that they sometimes support antiquated principles. While Dewey wrote in a time when the 9 to 5 job was a given, fast forw...

Experience and Education by John Dewey

its time schedules, and classification systems and rules (18). Here, due to this, Dewey points out that schools are therefore mark...

John Dewey and William James on Pragmatism

well as the pessimistic, "just the facts" empiricist (Titus and Smith 458). James assured these diametrically opposed thinkers th...