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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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.
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72 of 78 people found the following review helpful
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Dewey is considered "America's only Philosopher" par exellence, but he wrote so much that is hard to get to the core of his philosophy. In any event, whether you want to understand Dewey's philosophical center or simply get a quick, concise overview of progressive, experience-based educational theory, this would be the book to start with. However, you might want to check out _John Dewey: The Later Works, 1938-1939_, edited by Jo A. Boydston. It not only contains "Experience and Education," but also "Freedom and Culture," "Theory of Valuation," and a handful of other essays. Not only does this volume give you more of Dewey, but Boydston puts the works in historical and philosophical context. This book [is available] in both cloth or paperback editions.
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You can thank Dewey for making all Americans think that school should be relevant to real life and that solving problems is more important than reciting factoids. The man wrote the book on it, and this little book is his effort much later to clarify what he really meant, which is to have a balanced and informed experience, not a forced choice between extremes of the didacticc and the practical. So if you are only going to read one book to find out why he should be remembered (and revered) for much more than a decimal system in the library, read this book. And be ready to become passionate, even political, about liberating our children from factory schools which make them passive and stupid. A good companion book is C.S. Lewis' "The Abolition of Man", at least the first chapter, followed by "The Paideia Proposal" by Mortimer J. Adler.
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book for a class on environmental education with no background in education itself. When I started reading this book, I simply assumed it was written recently, in the last two decades, because his writing style was so clear and because the ideas in this book were so relevant now, to my own experiences in education, and my own understanding. I thought he was telling modern day teachers to move away from rote teaching and instead add new experiences onto the experiences of their students. He explained the struggle between an old, traditional system of teaching and a new, progressive style, but I assumed that it was happening now, because it seemed like that new movement never fully got here...
And then I started getting hints that this work was older. I started thinking... it must have been a 70's book, for it fits in well with the movements of that age, which founded many 'learning community' style colleges like my own. But I got more clues. 60's? 50's? How could someone write so well that I can understand him as if he were a modern writer?
This little book was originally published in 1938, but even then, I learned that this was a response to cricicism from his life work. This is a summary of his thoughts and a rebuttal to his critics. Because of his audience, he tends to repeat himself in this volume, to make it perfectly clear what exactly he is trying to say. Other students found this repetition annoying, while I found it helpful, and I truly appreciated the attempt he made not to offend anyone, so that his thoughts could be judged on their own merit with as little bias as possible.
So there is the chance that some will not like this book while others like myself enjoyed it immensely, but this work is relevant, quite readable despite the possible 'flaws' in his style, and so short, there's little to lose.
Our teacher told us that each and every one of us will find some quotes in this book that will speak to us, she guaranteed. And she was right.
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Published 18 months ago by pixie
Dewey: Older, Wiser, Maybe a Little Less Sure of Himself
This book was written about 20 years after Dewey's best-known education book, Democracy in Education. Read more
Published on April 24, 2010 by Kevin Currie-Knight
DO-WE value experience?
Here is the essential question Dewey poses in Experience and Education:
"What avail is it to win prescribed amounts of information about geography and history, to win... Read more
"What avail is it to win prescribed amounts of information about geography and history, to win... Read more
Published on March 26, 2010 by Buck the Hog
Very pleased
The book was in perfect condition. I dropped the class and had to return to vendor. No problem.
Published on January 23, 2010 by Cherie C. Byrd
An enduringly relevant book
This book represents a concise statement of John Dewey's philosophy of education, in light of his own experience and reflection on his critics. Read more
Published on September 18, 2009 by Arthur Digbee
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MANKIND likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Criteria of Experience, Progressive Organization of Subject-Matter, Theory of Experience, The Nature of Freedom New!
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MANKIND likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old education Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Criteria of Experience, Progressive Organization of Subject-Matter, Theory of Experience, The Nature of Freedom New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- How We Think by John Dewey in Front Matter
- Democracy And Education by John Dewey in Front Matter
- Mathematics for the Million by Lancelot Thomas Hogben on page 82
- Experience and Nature by John Dewey in Front Matter
- Logic: The Theory of Inquiry by John Dewey in Front Matter
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- Educational Reform: A Deweyan Perspective (Critical Education Practice) by Douglas J. Simpson on 12 pages
- John Dewey and the Art of Teaching: Toward Reflective and Imaginative Practice by Douglas J. Simpson on 5 pages
- To Want to Learn: Insights and Provocations For Engaged Learning by Jackson Kytle on 5 pages
- Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons by Associate Professor Christina Russell McDonald PhD on 4 pages
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