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Autore |
Benson Lee |
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Titolo |
Dewey's dream [[electronic resource] ] : universities and democracies in an age of education reform : civil society, public schools, and democratic citizenship / / Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, and John Puckett |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-09380-7 |
9786611093808 |
1-59213-593-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (166 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HarkavyIra Richard |
PuckettJohn L. <1947-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education - Philosophy |
Educational change |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-141) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Dewey's lifelong crusade for participatory democracy -- Michigan beginnings, 1884-1894 -- Dewey at the University of Chicago, 1894-1904 -- Dewey leaves the University of Chicago for Columbia University -- Elsie Clapp's contributions to community schools -- Penn and the third revolution in American higher education -- The Center for Community Partnerships -- The university civic responsibility idea becomes an international movement -- John Dewey, the Coalition for Community Schools, and developing a participatory democratic American society. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This timely, persuasive, and hopeful book reexamines John Dewey's idea of schools, specifically community schools, as the best places to grow a democratic society that is based on racial, social, and economic justice. The authors assert that American colleges and universities bear a responsibility for-and would benefit substantially from-working with schools to develop democratic schools and communities. Dewey's Dream opens with a reappraisal of Dewey's philosophy and an argument for its continued relevance today. The authors-all well- |
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