


This general discussion is then applied to the type of contents and methods that are necessary in a progressive democratic community. Outlines the social role of education, both formal and informal, as the transmitter and bearer of a society's identity through the preparation of youth for adult society. In Democracy and Education, combining his philosophical pragmatism and his progressive pedagogical ideas, Dewey Democracy and Education, published in 1916, is Dewey's seminal work on education and arguably its most influential on this topic. The writings of John Dewey span a broad range of subjects, including psychology, epistemology, ethics, and democratic politics, but his philosophy of education lies at the heart of his work. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)ġ916 John Dewey publishes Democracy and Education

History of Education: Selected Moments Selected Moments of the 20th Centuryĭepartment of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology,
