The School and Society: Lectures on Education; the Role of Play, the Life and Psychology of the Child, and the Aims of Teaching History - John Dewey

Reducere. Educational reformer John Dewey discusses the role of the school in the modern society, detailing how teaching deeply influences the lives of indiv...

These two influential books represent the earliest authoritative statement of Dewey's revolutionary emphasis on education as an experimental, child...

Reducere. Though he did not coin the phrase "Progressive Education, " American philosopher and psychologist, John Dewey, has historically been associated wit...

This edition brings Dewey's educational theory into sharp focus, framing his two classic works by frank assessments, past and present, of the pract...

Reducere. Abandon the notion of subject-matter as something fixed and ready-made in itself, outside the child's experience; cease thinking of the child's exp...

International Law on the Aims of Education is a practical and tangible guide to the international legal standards on the aim and content of educati...

Originally published in 1926, this book presents the content of a series of lectures written by the British philosopher and psychologist James Ward...

Reducere. Description"Democracy and Education" is a truly wonderful book with none of the dogmatic pretense or "scientific methods" features in so many compe...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): John ToshIllustration(s): 30 Halftones, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages...

A guide to rediscovering niceness as one of the highest of all human achievements.Publisher: The School of Life PressAuthor(s): The School of LifeN...

A compassionate and hopeful guide to achieving emotional wellbeing.Publisher: The School of Life PressAuthor(s): The School of LifeNumber of pages:...

In this book, John Hanwell Riker develops and expands the conceptual framework of self psychology in order to offer contemporary readers a naturali...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alfred North WhiteheadPresents the texts of a series of lectures delivered between 1912 and 1928 on the purposes and practi...

John Dewey's Experience and Education is an important book, but first-time readers of Dewey's philosophy can find it challenging and not meaningful...

Reducere. Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1916-1917) Introduction to Psychoanalysis or Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (German: Vorlesungen zur Einf...

Reducere. DescriptionEscaping the Horoch w ghetto was just the beginning for twelve-year-old Musia Perlmutter. Alone, starving, freezing at times, and runnin...

Reducere. Alexander Campbell explains the tenets and principles of the Christian faith, drawing upon decades of experience as a minister, author and leader o...

A reassuring guide on how to overcome failure, teaching us that we can learn to fail well.Publisher: The School of Life PressAuthor(s): The School ...

Reducere. In the autumn of 1912, C. G. Jung, then president of the International Psychoanalytic Association, set out his critique and reformulation of the th...

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John Dewey was America's greatest public philosopher. A prolific and influential writer for both scholarly and general audiences, he stands out for...

A guide to developing the art of finding serenity by understanding the sources of our anxiety and frustrations.Publisher: The School of Life PressA...

With research breakthroughs and case histories the authors reveal how intellectual and physical play is the ultimate engine of transforming educati...

John Dewey was America's greatest public philosopher. This book gathers the clearest and most powerful of Dewey's public writings and shows how the...

Reducere. Initiation enables a person to see, understand, and communicate what may be observed with spiritual eyes. St. John's text arises from such an initi...

Reducere. In these lectures delivered in 1980, Michel Foucault gives an important new inflection to his history of "regimes of truth." Following on from the ...

Reducere. How We ThinkJohn Dewey No words are oftener on our lips than thinking and thought. So profuse and varied, indeed, is our use of these words that it...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book demonstrates that drama is not only a metaphor for everyday life, but also provides a means of self-examination and life enhan...

DescriptionWHAT HAS MODERN SCIENCE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG? This pioneering work, which sparked intense controversy when it was first published two dec...

Reducere. Description"A startling account of recent work in this field...timely, balanced, useful." --R.D. Laing

This essential guide to philosophy reminds us of the wit, humanity and relevance from great philosophers including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Confucius,...

An essential guide to encourage children to explore, appreciate and benefit from the natural world around them.

A lifelong awareness of one's place, and an accompanying sense of permanence within that place when set amid the context of the ecology, history an...

Reducere. Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrat...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered how Germany became a military and economic powerhouse that placed its bid for world domination in the 20th century? If you w...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered how Germany became a military and economic powerhouse that placed its bid for world domination in the 20th century? If you w...