Democracy and Education Reconsidered Dewey After One Hundred Years [Hardcover]

Democracy and Education Reconsideredhighlights the continued relevance of John Deweys Democracy and Educationwhile also examining the need to reconstruct and re-contextualize Deweys educational philosophy for our time. The authors propose ways of revising Deweys thought in light of the challenges facing contemporary education and society, and address other themes not touched upon heavily in Deweys work, such as racism, feminism, post-industrial capitalism, and liquid modernity. As a final component, the authors integrate Deweys philosophy with more recent trends in scholarship, including pragmatism, post-structuralism, and the works of other key philosophers and scholars.

1. Education as a Necessity of Life

2. Education as a Social Function

3. Education as Interaction and Communication

4. Education as Growth

5. The Democratic Conception in Education

6. Aims and Competencies in Education

7. Interest, Discipline, and Power in Education

8. Contents, Relationships, and Methods in Education

9. Class, Race, Gender, and Disability

10. Capitals as Contexts of Education

11. The Way to Democratic Inclusion

12. Philosophy as Education: From Pragmatism to Constructivism

Jim Garrisonis Professor of Philosophy of Education at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Stefan Neubertis Privatdozent (PR Dr.) at the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne.

Kersten Reichis Professor of Educational Research at the University of Cologne.