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The Education of John Dewey. A Biography.
Jay Martin
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Description for The Education of John Dewey. A Biography.
Hardback. During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten important thinkers in American history. This book recaptures the unity of Dewey's life and work, tracing themes through philosopher's childhood years, family history, religious experience, and influential friendships. Num Pages: 592 pages, 50 photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF5; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten most important thinkers in American history. His body of thought, conventionally identified by the shorthand word "Pragmatism," has been the distinctive American philosophy of the last fifty years. His work on education is famous worldwide and is still influential today, anticipating as it did the ascendance in contemporary American pedagogy of multiculturalism and independent thinking. His University of Chicago Laboratory School (founded in 1896) thrives still and is a model for schools worldwide, especially in emerging democracies. But ... Read more
During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten most important thinkers in American history. His body of thought, conventionally identified by the shorthand word "Pragmatism," has been the distinctive American philosophy of the last fifty years. His work on education is famous worldwide and is still influential today, anticipating as it did the ascendance in contemporary American pedagogy of multiculturalism and independent thinking. His University of Chicago Laboratory School (founded in 1896) thrives still and is a model for schools worldwide, especially in emerging democracies. But ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231116763
SKU
V9780231116763
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About Jay Martin
Jay Martin has written and edited twenty-one books, including authoritative biographies of Nathanael West, Henry Miller and Conrad Aiken; the standard history of American literature 1865-1914; a key psychoanalytic work on "fictive personality"; and autobiographical novels about the U.S.S.R. and the time he spent as a Buddhist monk in China. Formerly Leo S. Bing Professor of English at the University ... Read more
Reviews for The Education of John Dewey. A Biography.
Martin's biography is a good, well-paced read.
Richard Rorty New York Times Book Review This will be the new standard biography of the great reformer's life.
Gilbert Taylor Booklist Sturdy, thoughtful... solid overall. Kirkus Reviews Truly terrific...clearly comprehensive; it is the definitive biography of John Dewey.
Jo Ann Boydston The major and minor facts of Dewey's long ... Read more
Richard Rorty New York Times Book Review This will be the new standard biography of the great reformer's life.
Gilbert Taylor Booklist Sturdy, thoughtful... solid overall. Kirkus Reviews Truly terrific...clearly comprehensive; it is the definitive biography of John Dewey.
Jo Ann Boydston The major and minor facts of Dewey's long ... Read more