Experience and Education

De: John Dewey

Narrado por: Gary L Willprecht

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.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"No one has done more to keep alive the fundamental ideals of liberal civilization." (Morris R. Cohen)

Great Philosophy Hard Listen

Experience and education has great philosophy but it’s hard to get into with the reader. I was sleepy.

John Dewey can us teach how to think

John Dewey could us teach how to think .It is fo sure important what is his writing all about,
but extremely more important how he thinks.It is the process,what is very important,not so concrete conclusions of his thinking about education.I do not
like to use a term “philosophy”.Now among philosophers are many,who are making philosophy to earn a living and themselves are not able to think clearly.

Strange scratches in the audio

Having had to finish this book quickly for a graduate school course, I was pleased to find an audiobook Version that I could read along with in order to keep me focused. however, there were two distractions: Firstly, the narrator of the material, material that in and of itself is not the most fluid to read, was very monotone and thus I had to take several breaks in order not to fall asleep. Secondly, there were strange scratches in the audio every so often that actually quite startled me and distracted me from the text. Other than that however, I was able to get through the book in a timely fashion.

Deweys classic book is more relevant to today's education professionals than ever.

The debate between radio all and progressive educators is stale. But Deweys analysis of the conditions, student needs, and teacher responsibilities are right on target. Given the newest technologies and social networking capacities, experiences are more global and much richer. Teachers have clearer responsibilities to engage students and Dewey describes cogently the required characteristics of engagement.

interesting

reader was a little dry and topic heavy handed and big SAT word heavy but worth the time.