Dewey's Ideas Research Articles

Writing and Expression: Philosophical Reflections on Art Prompted by Dewey's View of Expression

In the present study, the emphasis is on Dewey's explanation of experience. Three dimensions, namely Art as Experiences, Psychology, and Democracy & Education, are chosen for this purpose. As an individual in-world experience, the actual world is composed of vibrant, rich experiences. While living is expansive and communal, there is a clear distinction between activity, sensation, and consciousness that permits study and choice. On the other hand, consideration implies a more solitary and abstracted knowledge of the world, with a more significant separation between actions, emotions, and perception. This distinction facilitates a more transparent comprehension of the scope of training. It avoids the traps of retrograde tendencies in the concept of engagement and facilitates the incorporation of imagining into the sphere of involvement. The traditional adult education theory is the antecedent of experiential learning. The fundamental illustration of the system is the four-step experiential learning model developed by David Kolb. Kolb says in his book "Experiential Learning" that this system was created by John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget. This article outlines Kolb's approach to constructing models of experiential learning. It focuses on how Kolb presents and implements the John Dewey-developed Ruwinian tradition of activity research to test his concept. Kolb appears to have condensed a corrupt and one-sided technique into a broad learning model, primarily in response to the conference of critics regarding the preparation of Tbunch. Contrast Dewey's notion of reflexive perception and activity with Korbu's interpretation of John Dewey's ideas. Kolb misinterprets Dewey's theory and concludes that the concept of quick and substantial experience in the experiential learning approach is problematic from an epidemiological standpoint. This article uses a hypothesis-based method to address two fundamental difficulties in adult education: experiential learning and the diversion, development, and application of ideas.

Shedding Light on the “Eclipse” Narrative: Some Notes on Pragmatism in the Twentieth Century

Shedding Light on the “Eclipse” Narrative: Some Notes on Pragmatism in the Twentieth Century

STEM Problem Solving: Inquiry, Concepts, and Reasoning.

Balancing disciplinary knowledge and practical reasoning in problem solving is needed for meaningful learning. In STEM problem solving, science subject matter with associated practices often appears distant to learners due to its abstract nature. Consequently, learners experience difficulties making meaningful connections between science and their daily experiences. Applying Dewey’s idea of practical and science inquiry and Bereiter’s idea of referent-centred and problem-centred knowledge, we examine how integrated STEM problem solving offers opportunities for learners to shuttle between practical and science inquiry and the kinds of knowledge that result from each form of inquiry. We hypothesize that connecting science inquiry with practical inquiry narrows the gap between science and everyday experiences to overcome isolation and fragmentation of science learning. In this study, we examine classroom talk as students engage in problem solving to increase crop yield. Qualitative content analysis of the utterances of six classes of 113 eighth graders and their teachers were conducted for 3 hours of video recordings. Analysis showed an almost equal amount of science and practical inquiry talk. Teachers and students applied their everyday experiences to generate solutions. Science talk was at the basic level of facts and was used to explain reasons for specific design considerations. There was little evidence of higher-level scientific conceptual knowledge being applied. Our observations suggest opportunities for more intentional connections of science to practical problem solving, if we intend to apply higher-order scientific knowledge in problem solving. Deliberate application and reference to scientific knowledge could improve the quality of solutions generated.

When the Writing Classroom Is a Lab for Democracy

When the Writing Classroom Is a Lab for Democracy

Is Democracy Therapeutic? A Deweyan Reading of the Institutions of Antipsychiatry.

This article presents a Deweyan reading of the processes of critique, experimentation, and reform that took hold of a minority of psychiatric institutions in Western Europe during the nineteen-sixties and seventies, under the influence of the so-called Italian and British antipsychiatry movements. Framed within a specific understanding of the sixties, the article examines these complex theoretical and institutional operations against the background of John Dewey's idea of democracy, which it interprets, above all else, as the constant provision of material, intellectual, and human resources for the people to directly transform their environment and themselves in increasingly complex and creative ways. After acknowledging the historical and conceptual discontinuities that exist between these two autonomous bodies of knowledge, the first section presents a summary of Dewey's philosophy. Next the article sheds light on Basaglia's and Laing's antipsychiatric projects by interpreting them as a sustained effort to distinguish between schizophrenia as a first and a second disease, an epistemological search in the midst of which each of them ended up creating new institutions that necessarily embarked their inmates on a radical process of Deweyan growth. The key role of the sixties counterculture is emphasized at this point, and examples from Gorizia's and Trieste's asylums, as well as British community households, are read in terms of Basaglia's and Laing's negative and affirmative dialectics, respectively. Finally, in the last two sections, the article argues that antipsychiatry's analysis of psychotic behavior significantly enlarges Dewey's understanding of the circuit of growth and experience, and that Dewey's ideas of growth and experience provided, in turn, a missing criterion for defining mental health and deriving coherent therapeutic and institutional concretions.

The reception and use of John Dewey's educational ideas by Hu Shi in the Early Republic of China

PurposeSome studies have claimed that Chinese thinker Hu Shi (or Hu Shih) received and responded to John Dewey's educational ideas only at a theoretical level and did little for education at a practical level. This paper reexamines Hu's reception of Dewey's ideas with a focus on how he used those ideas to solve China's educational and social problems during the late 1910s and 1920s.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws upon what Schriewer (2012) has called “theories of reception.” Rather than focusing on the international dissemination of ideas and knowledge, this approach emphasizes the reception of foreign ideas from the perspective and needs of the receiver, interpreter and/or reader who apprehends such ideas within a particular socio–cultural context.FindingsThis paper finds that Hu not only received — and examined — Dewey's educational ideas in a systematic way, but also used them pragmatically to reform China's systems of education as part of the New Culture Movement after 1919.Originality/valueThis research offers a new understanding of Hu's reception of Dewey's educational ideas. It shows that Hu was not merely a “thinker” in the field of education but also a “doer” who sought to apply Dewey's ideas in practice. This new view allows us to reevaluate Hu's role in the modernization of Chinese education.

Reading John Dewey's <em>Art as Experience</em> for Music Education

In this paper, I offer my reading of John Dewey's Art as Experience and propose implications for music education based on Dewey's ideas. Three principal questions guide my task: What are some key ideas in Dewey's theory of art? How does Dewey's theory of art fit within his larger theory of experience? What are the implications of Dewey's ideas for music education? As I shall show, art for Dewey is rooted in nature, civilizes humans, serves as social glue, and has an important role in society throughout most of human history. Modern life, however, separates art and life; there is a need to restore the continuity between art and the ordinary processes of living, a task that Dewey undertakes by positing the notion of art as experience. Dewey's ideas support an expanded curriculum in music education, one in which popular music may be included alongside Western classical music and music from diverse cultures. However, artistic and educational discernment are needed, which necessitates the need for music educators to be sufficiently steeped in varied musical traditions and styles.

THE EXPERIENCE OF BORROWING N. K. KRUPSKAYA AND J. DEWEY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEW SOVIET PEDAGOGY IN THE 1920S

on the basis of comparison of texts of the American philosopher John Dewey and one of the founders of Soviet pedagogy N. K. Krupskaya, the article proves the fact of borrowing Dewey's ideas in the construction of a new Soviet school. In recent years, when studying the history of the education system, the vector of research interest will be mixed towards the study of the ideas and concepts that underlie this system. The appeal of the new government to the ideas of J. Dewey appears to be one of the steps towards building a new school.

COMUNICACIÓN POLÍTICA, ELECCIONES Y DEMOCRACIA: LAS CAMPAÑAS DE DONALD TRUMP Y JAIR BOLSONARO

This article aims to discuss possible impacts of digital political communication on Brazilian democracy, and democracy in general, considering 2016 presidential elections in United States and 2018, in Brazil. We propose a discussion within frameworks of Americanization, modernization, post-modernization and hypermediatization of campaigns, and in relation to John Dewey's idea of the eclipse of (1927). In this sense, we make a brief contextualization of both elections focusing especially on successful campaigns of both Donald Trump in United States and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Both campaigns were analyzed as historical case studies, and more than 300 documents, including articles, news stories, reports and interviews, among other sources were read and analyzed by three distinct researchers. A content analysis was developed by using notion of computational propaganda as a reference, looking for practices that use data, algorithms, and automation to deliberately manage and disseminate information (and disinformation) in digital media. Following both contexts and discussions, we suggest: 1) a larger notion of hypermediatization as a framework for understanding digital political communication practices in electoral contexts, what we have called expanded hypermediatization; and 2) John Dewey's idea of the eclipse of to evaluate potential problems to public sphere raised by fragmentation of public into multiple mini-publics. In end, we hope to contribute to debates about how digital media may affect not only campaigns and elections, but also politics and democracy.

Progressivism in John Dewey's Ideas on Higher Education

Progressivism in John Dewey's Ideas on Higher Education

Localizing Dewey's Notions of Democracy and Education: A Journey across Configurations in Latin America.

This paper explores the reception of Dewey's ideas on democracy and education in Latin America from the beginning of the twentieth century through the "long 1960s" (1958-1974). The analysis is framed by a dynamic interplay between the local, regional, and supranational. To bring empirical specificity to Dewey's "translations," the author discusses Dewey's uptake in two political settings, in 1920s Chile and post-revolutionary Mexico, and two cases of Christian adaptation of Dewey's theories. The long 1960s signaled an epistemic shift in conceptions of education and social transformation. Dewey was not embraced while Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich became the referents.

Dewey's Ideas in Action! Continuing Professional Development in an International Community of Practice

Dewey's Ideas in Action! Continuing Professional Development in an International Community of Practice

1953-1967년 로버트 라이먼 작품을 통해 본 회화의 실천적 의미: 수평적 붓질의 물질성과 반복성

This thesis examines Robert Ryman's paintings for a period from 1953 to 1967 in order to investigate how he built up his own meanings of painting by focusing on the experience in the interactive process of painting. He has been known as minimalist painter due to his pursuit of materiality and the pattern of repetition in his brushstrokes. In this study, his brushstrokes are interpreted as an act of experience – the notion that parallels the John Dewey's idea of art. As predicated by the Dewey's empiricism, Ryman consciously set control conditions in order to produce desired results – a feedback process built on his experience – with a specific target material. Using this process, he successfully managed to challenge even unconventional industrial materials. It is thus posited that the repetition of horizontal brushstrokes in his work enabled the expansion of material's possibility instead of reducing it.

PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF JOHN DEWEY

This essay examines three schools in New York City—the City and Country School founded in 1914—and two founded in 1974 and 1984—Central Park East Elementary School 1 and Central Park East Secondary School—with respect to how they reflected Deweyan pedagogic practices and Dewey's belief in democratic education.1It analyzes whether such pedagogic practices can be maintained over time. City and Country, founded by Caroline Pratt, reflected many of Dewey's ideas and remains true to its founder's vision today. CPE 1 founded by Deborah Meier with five teachers reflected the progressive ideas of its founder, many of which were consistent with Deweyan philosophy. It remains progressive although there have been recent attempts to make it more traditional. CPESS, founded by Deborah Meier, reflected both Deweyan philosophy and the ideas of Theodore Sizer. After Meier left in the 1990s, the school became less progressive and eventually was closed and then reopened as a traditional high school. These histories indicate that Dewey's work on education was at the core of all of these schools’ philosophies and practices. Although there have been uneven successes in keeping Dewey's progressive practices alive, they demonstrate that Dewey's work is relevant and is being practiced today.

“THEORY RUN MAD”: JOHN DEWEY AND “REAL” VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Democracy and Education appeared amid intense debate over the relationship between school and work. This debate revealed a stark contrast between Dewey's idea to educate young people to understand the complex relationships of modern industry and the ideas of educators who equated vocational education with training fourteen- to sixteen-year-olds for maximal productivity, a view written into the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. Whereas Dewey favored integrating vocational education with “a new kind of general education,” his antagonists assailed advocates of the “general” or “academic” curriculum as reactionaries who infected public education with impractical theories that only served those with time and money to indulge their interest in cultural values detached from daily life. Significantly, Dewey did not respond with a defense of theory over practice but with an assertion that his opponents’ thought was permeated by theories, ironically drawn from some of the same sources that influenced mainstream advocates of the “new” education. Understanding how combatants could derive conflicting conclusions from the same sources illuminates the paradoxes and aids in explaining the timing and scope of the Progressive movement.

DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW

A century after its publication, Democracy and Education remains relevant and influential far beyond its original context. This essay explores the breadth of its relevance through a study of the use of Deweyan methods and ideas at a community high school in a small, impoverished township 50 km outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. Through this example, we learn that the relevance of Dewey's ideas are not limited either to his time or to his place, but instead fit seamlessly in a context as different from Dewey's as we can imagine. In a modern world in which most children outside of the world's wealthiest countries receive an education woefully inadequate for both the professional and civic responsibilities they will face as adults, this successful example begs the question of how modern school systems around the world might become more successful by harkening back to the ideas expressed in Democracy and Education.

Global Conflicts Shattered World Peace: John Dewey's Influence on Peace Educators and Practitioners

The need to build an awareness of peace and of peace education is often a message that is difficult to share with the larger society. John Dewey, an acclaimed American philosopher and intellectual, used his public platform to espouse his ideas on democracy and peace as a resolution to global discord during the years preceding and during World Wars I and II. Although Dewey did shift his perspective as global conflicts shattered his hope for world peace, he persevered in his missive of democracy and tolerance, especially through his writing and lectures. Dewey strongly believed that democratic societies are best suited to preserve peace and societal harmony. His reasoning was premised on his own understanding of democracy as a way of life, not as a political process. This paper examines Dewey's ideas on peace education and his influence during the interwar years as well as during World War II. It also discusses how his ideas have been applied to contemporary approaches to peace education as seen through the lens of present-day practitioners. Through these historical milestones, Dewey's philosophical support for peace education wavered when he faced the perpetual dilemma of what to do when the values of peace are in direct conflict with justice, decency, humanity, understanding, and cooperation. Yet, aspects of his ideas on how to teach peace—focused on building democratic communities—can still be seen in classrooms today.

Introduction: Living a Philosophy of Early Childhood Education - A Festschrift for Harriet Cuffaro

This issue of the Occasional Paper Series is a Festschrift in honor of Harriet K. Cuffaro, a Bank Street College faculty member from 1968-1998. A Festschrift—a volume reflecting the values, theories, and passions of a senior scholar in a field—seeks to offer scholarship that builds on these contributions. Harriet Cuffaro has touched and shaped more lives of teachers, scholars, and colleagues than we can possibly count. A teacher in her soul, and an esteemed scholar of John Dewey, Harriet has “unfolded and connected” essential Deweyan ideas and made them accessible and meaningful in the lives of teachers. It is our hope that this volume honors the lessons we have all learned from Harriet.

Introduction to Section II: Dewey's Living Ideas

Introduction to Section II: Dewey's Living Ideas

Democratic Education versus Smithian Efficiency: Prospects for a Deweyan Ideal in the “Neoliberal Age”

AbstractIn this essay, David Meens examines the viability of John Dewey's democratic educational project, as presented in Democracy and Education, under present economic and political conditions. He begins by considering Democracy and Education's central themes in historical context, arguing that Dewey's proposal for democratic education grew out of his recognition of a conflict between how political institutions had traditionally been understood and organized on the one hand, and, on the other, emerging requirements for personal and social development in the increasingly interconnected world of the early twentieth century. Meens next considers Dewey's ideas in our contemporary context, which is dominated by a neoliberal ideology that extends the economic logic of Smithian efficiency to all domains of modern social and political life. He argues that the prevalence of neoliberalism poses two challenges to Deweyan democratic education: first, Dewey's emphasis on general education and a resistance to specialization is economically inefficient; and second, Dewey's strong, democratic conception of the “the public” is anathema to the neoliberal vision of the public as a conglomeration of individual agents. These challenges, he concludes, significantly stack the deck against Deweyan education by ensuring that the latter will be neither economically practicable nor widely understood.