John Dewey and the Challenge of Classroom Practice (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

About this book

The first systematic exploration of Deweyan pedagogy in an actual classroom since studies of Deweys own Laboratory School at the turn of the century! In Part I using accessible language Stephen Fishman discusses Deweys educational theory in the context of Deweys ideology and process philosophy. In Part II Fishman joins composition specialist Lucille McCarthy to examine his own Introduction to Philosophy class. In doing so the authors model a collaborative form of practitioner inquiry and bring to life such complex Deweyan concepts as student-curriculum integration interest and effort and continuity and interaction.