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American Cinema, Historical and Education Ideology

In seven pages historical comparisons are made between the ways in which education is depicted in such films as Stand and Deliver,...

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). ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Overview of Pragmatism

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Reading Education History

eye" which meant that there was more to reading than decoding. Reading was perceived now as a process. The key motto was "reading ...

Psychological Theory and 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou

into their conception habits, for they are an intrinsic component of being. "Life is a self-renewing process through action upon ...

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...

Democracy and Education

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

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...

Capitalism and Democracy

unleashed a joining together of the people so that new economic and political ideas could be shared in a way they had not been bef...

Democratic Approaches to Education

Oakes & Lipton have said lies in individual educators who "construct something whole and wonderful." (Oakes & Lipton, 2002, 3). In...

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...