Moral Principles in Education - Softcover

Dewey, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438509510 ISBN 13: 9781438509518

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

John Dewey was a 20th century philosopher, psychologist and education reformer. Dewey was one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism. He is also one of the founders of functional psychology and was a leading representative in the progressive movement in U.S. schooling during the first half of the 20th century. Moral Principles In Education contains Dewey's interpretation of consistent psychology, ethics, and sociology. Dewey empathized a concerned for the moral standing of American schools.

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"A forceful statement of the responsibility of schools in the moral training of children."--"American Library Association Booklist"

"This [is a] forceful and sound little manual which is an interpretation of con-sistent psychology, ethics and sociology with reference to moral education in the school."--"Journal of Educational Psychology""" "" "" ""

"This[is a] forceful and sound little manual which is an interpretation of con-sistent psychology, ethics and sociology with reference to moral education in the school."--"Journal of Educational Psychology""" "" "" ""

"A forceful statement of the responsibility of schools in the moral training of children."--"American Library Association Booklist"

"This[is a] forceful and sound little manual which is an interpretation of con-sistent psychology, ethics and sociology with reference to moral education in the school."--"Journal of Educational Psychology"

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This[is a] forceful and sound little manual which is an interpretation of consistent psychology, ethics and sociology with reference to moral education in the school. "Journal of Educational Psychology"

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The most important work we have upon the subject of moral education. "Elementary School Teacher""

A forceful statement of the responsibility of schools in the moral training of children. "American Library Association Booklist""

"This[is a] forceful and sound little manual which is an interpretation of con-sistent psychology, ethics and sociology with reference to moral education in the school."--Journal of Educational Psychology

"The most important work we have upon the subject of moral education." --Elementary School Teacher

"A forceful statement of the responsibility of schools in the moral training of children."--American Library Association Booklist

About the Author

John Dewey(1859 1952) was anAmerican philosopher, psychologistandeducational reformerwhose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy ofpragmatismand one of the founders offunctional psychology. He was a major representative ofprogressive educationandliberalism.In 1894 Dewey joined the newly foundedUniversity of Chicago(1894 1904) where he developed his belief in an empirically based theory of knowledge, becoming associated with the newly emerging Pragmatic philosophy. His time at the University of Chicago resulted in four essays collectively entitledThought and its Subject-Matter, which was published with collected works from his colleagues at Chicago under the collective titleStudies in Logical Theory(1903). During that time Dewey also initiated theUniversity of Chicago Laboratory Schools, where he was able to actualize the pedagogical beliefs that provided material for his first major work on education, The School and Social Progress(1899).In 1899, Dewey was elected president of theAmerican Psychological Association. From 1904 until his retirement in 1930 he was professor of philosophy at both Columbia Universityand Columbia University'sTeachers College.In 1905 he became president of theAmerican Philosophical Association. He was a longtime member of theAmerican Federation of Teachers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1438509510
• ISBN 13: 9781438509518
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48