Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Ep. 249: Dewey on Education and Thought (Part One)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePartiallyExaminedLife
• Duration: 00:52:02
• Published: 2020-08-02 19:01

On John Dewey's How We Think (1910) ch. 1 and Democracy and Education (1916) ch. 1, 2, 4, and 24.

What model of human nature should serve as the basis for education policy? Dewey sees learning as growth, and the point of education as to enable indefinite growth. With guest Jonathan Haber.

Don't wait for part two; get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition now. Please support PEL!

Sponsors: Visit SJC.edu to learn about St. John's College. Check out the Being Reasonable podcast.