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The US-American philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952) was one of the world’s leading pedagogical theorists and most influential educational reformers of the twentieth century. His writings on progressive schooling, communication in the classroom, and the common interest of teachers and pupils, count, still today, as American classics on education. The pivotal point of all his educational treatises is the attempt to encourage teachers and school officials to teach democratic virtues by encouraging experimental intelligence and plurality in all educational institutions. His best known and at the same time most elaborate analysis of the democratic processes of education is his book “Democracy and Education” published in 1916 during World War I. The book was thus released at a time when US-President Woodrow Wilson famously sought to make the World “safe for democracy”. The seminar will be dedicated to a close reading and interpretation of the most important passages of Dewey’s literary masterpiece. |
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John Dewey: Democracy and Education. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, New York 1916; Robert B. Westbrook: John Dewey and American Democracy, Ithaca, NY 1992
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