Democracy and Education: Deep Review

Original academic guide to Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey.

• Academic Classics
• 35 min
• Ages 15–99
• 10 chapters

About this audiobook

Dewey's major statement on education as growth, experience, communication, democratic life, social continuity, inquiry, and the relationship between school and society.

Why it's worth a listen

Explain Dewey as a democratic philosopher of learning: education is not preparation for life elsewhere, but the practice of intelligent shared life now.

Based on the book by John Dewey, published by Public domain classic

Chapters

1. Introduction: Education as the Practice of Shared Life
2. The Historical and Intellectual Context of 1916
3. The Central Problem: Transmission, Continuity, and the Threat of Stagnation
4. The Core Argument: Education as Growth, Not Preparation
5. Experience and Inquiry: The Pragmatist Theory of Learning
6. Democracy and Communication: The Social Dimension of the Classroom
7. Breaking Down Dualisms: Vocational Learning and the Unity of Knowledge
8. The Brilliant and the Dated: An Honest Critique of Dewey’s Optimism
9. How to Read This Book Without Getting Lost in the Prose
10. Why We Must Read Dewey Today: The Legacy of Democratic Education