Dewey & the Dilemma of Race: An Intellectual History, 1895-1922

by Robert Westbrook and Thomas D. Fallace

Book Overview

This historical study traces how John Dewey, like most of his contemporaries, struggled with the major dilemma of how to reconcile evolution, pedagogy, democracy, and race. In an original and provocative presentation, the author seeks to capture Dewey's original meaning by placing him in his own intellectual and cultural context. Fallace argues that Dewey created an ethnocentric curriculum at the famous University of Chicago Laboratory School (1896-1904)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807751642
• ISBN13: 9780807751640
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"