Crusade for Democracy: Progressive Education at the Crossroads (SUNY series, The Philosophy of Education) - Hardcover

Tanner, Daniel

9780791405444: Crusade for Democracy: Progressive Education at the Crossroads (SUNY series, The Philosophy of Education)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791405443 ISBN 13: 9780791405444

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1991

This book tells the fascinating story of the Progressive Education movement of the 1930s and 1940s, which remains the most original and powerful intellectual force ever generated within professional education in this country. At the core of the story is the founding and early activities of the John Dewey Society for the Study of Education and Culture. In this compelling narrative, Daniel Tanner details, through close examination of the scholarly literature and heretofore unexamined archival materials, the colorful personalities and powerful philosophies of this group of educators who worked from the conviction that the struggle and growth of American democracy could not be conducted apart from the public schools.

Tanner shows that the issues which gave birth to the John Dewey Society and to which the Society directed its attention in the early years are perennial ones -- the appropriate relationship between school and society, the purpose of education in a democratic society, social inequality, textbook censorship, academic freedom, and so on. This history illuminates our present as well as our past.

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Review:

"I learned much from this book, and I think that others will as well. I was especially intrigued by the close examination Tanner gave to the resolution of differences of opinion about the origins of the founding group, his observations about the difference between the attitude of the Ohio group and the New York group with respect to Counts' book, Dare the School. . ., the behind the scenes role of the John Dewey Society during the McCarthy era, and the letters from Cottrell, Hook, and Tyler." -- Arthur Brown, Wayne State University

About the Author:

Daniel Tanner is Professor of Education, Rutgers University.

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