The School and Society (Arcturus Paperbacks; AB 151) (Paperback)

~ Jo Ann Boydston (Editor), Joe R Burnett (Preface)

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Product Description

Originally published in 1915. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (April 18, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080930967X
• ISBN-13: 978-0809309672
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,892,241 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dewey and me, March 21, 2000

By	Gerald W. Green (Warner Robins, Georgia) - See all my reviews

I liked the book overall. The content was excellent, and the educational ideas which Mr. Dewey expressed, are terrific. To me, the style of the writing was the problem. The book was written in 1899, and the wordy, pedantic style was common at that time. The main ideas in the book are hands-on education, and students' learning by doing. The first three chapters were taken from a lecture by Mr. Dewey that he delivered three years after he opened his University Elementary School in Chicago. The fourth chapter began by telling some of the financial information about the school. The average cost per student was $120. Mr. Dewey thought that advances in education were not keeping pace with advancements in society. He found it interesting that fourth graders in Moline, Illinois, did not realize that the Mississippi River in their geography books, had anything to do with the stream of water that flowed by their homes. This is a fairly small book, but I recommend The School and Society, if you can find the time to read it several times.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars the school and society, April 18, 2000

By	lea-ann fletcher (Macon, Ga.) - See all my reviews

I am a education major at Macon State college. John Dewey's book is simply a summary of three talks Dewey gave to parnets and students at the University of Chicago Laboratory school in 1896. The book covers topics that are often very diverse and shares conflicting political and philosophic positions in education. I found this book hard to read and very wordy. I did not enjoy the read at all.