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

By Stephen M. Fishman

Book Overview

The first systematic exploration of Deweyan pedagogy in an actual classroom since studies of Dewey's own Laboratory School at the turn of the century In Part I, using accessible language, Stephen Fishman discusses Dewey's educational theory in the context of Dewey's 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807737267
• ISBN13: 9780807737262
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic! Dewey summary and an application thereof.

This book is tremendous--it provides an engaging entrance into the authors' dilemna (one all teachers have): How to teach usefully? Next is an excellent overview of Dewey's educational theories, and then a step-by-step description of the authors' successful application into a college classroom. I am so motivated now to try it myself. "They" said it could not be done, but "they" were wrong! My response: Aaaahaahhhh!