Description: Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of his intervening experience with the progressive schools and in the light of the criticisms his theories had received.
Analyzing both "traditional" and "progressive" education, Dr. Dewey here insists that neither the old nor the new education is adequate and that each is miseducative because neither of them applies the principles of a carefully developed philosophy of experience. Many pages of this volume illustrate Dr. Dewey's ideas for a philosophy of experience and its relation to education. He particularly urges that all teachers and educators looking for a new movement in education should think in terms of the deeped and larger issues of education rather than in terms of some divisive "ism" about education, even such an "ism" as "progressivism." His philosophy, here expressed in its most essential, most readable form, predicates an American educational system that respects all sources of experience, on that offers a true learning situation that is both historical and social, both orderly and dynamic.
Details: THE BOOK GIVES YOU AN INSIGHT ON HOW EDUCATION SHOULD BE AND A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT ON WHERE OR/AND HOW EDUCATORS LOOSE THE MARK.
Review Summary: Dewey
Date: 2008-05-02
Details: The book was received in excellent condition. I was pleased that it arrived in a timely fashion, before my class started. I was kept updated on the progress of delivery. Great Service!
Review Summary: Perfect
Date: 2008-02-09
Details: The book was in great condition. I am sure I probably could have paid cheaper going to a store, but this was easier for me.
Review Summary: Experience & Education by John Dewey
Date: 2007-12-18
Details: If you are think about reading Experience & Education by John Dewey, get ready for a "heady" read. This book is very dense and thoughtful. If you are an educator be prepared to read this book at a slow pace and take notes. Dewey, illustrates two thoughts in education: traditional vs. progressive.
According to Dewey, traditional education is focused on content rather than process. Progressive education, is more of a free approach with freedom of choices being most useful in education. Throughout the book, the reader must understand the nature of human experience. Dewey theorizes that the human experience has two principles: continuity and interaction.
Continuity is a concept that people will influence the future, for better or for worse. Interaction, according to Dewey, refers to situational influence on one's experience. Meaning the present experience is a function of the interaction between the past experience and the present situations. An applied example of this would be a teacher's experience of a lesson. The lesson will have much to do with the teacher's past interaction with the content. And this past interaction will them manifest out with how the teacher thinks, arranges and presents the content in the lesson.
This is a great book of cognition and metacognition.
Nancy Linden
Review Summary: Timeless
Date: 2007-12-13
Details: John Dewey's Experience and Education is a timeless treasure on the educational process in the United States. Although the language maybe flowery and dated the ideas are fresh and meaningful. I have worn out the binding in this short 91 page gem of learning theory from reading and rereading passages that are as relevant today as they were almost 70 years ago. As I continue in my process as a graduate student in education this book will be a worthwhile reference and inspiration. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the value of education.
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