Democracy And Education - 9781546468158

Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education is a 1916 book by John Dewey. Dewey sought to at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Plato. He saw Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overemphasizing the society in which the individual lived.

• • Author: John Dewey
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 03, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 218 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1546468153
• • ISBN-13: 9781546468158