Continuum John Dewey (Continuum Library of Educational Thought): A Philosopher of Education for Our Time?: v. 4

Product Description A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft. John Dewey is indisputably a major thinker in education. Richard Pring's volume offers the most coherent account of Dewey's educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography Critical exposition of Dewey's work Philosophical underpinnings and A philosopher of education for our time. Review "Richard Pring, a distinguished philosopher and educator who has had a longstanding interest in Dewey's work, is admirably equipped to lead us into both his philosophical writing and his educational thought. This is an excellent introduction, which demonstrates very clearly that John Dewey is indeed 'a philosopher for our time'." "Its greatest success is in bringing the lens of Dewey's philosophy to current educational problems. Through Pring's studied lens we see two images clearly: the piteous one a society that neither respects nor even particularly likes children and a hopeful one of a pair of educational philosophers, Pring and Dewey, who do." Theory and Research in Education, December 2009 Synopsis John Dewey is indisputably a major thinker in education.Richard Pring's volume offers the most coherent account of Dewey's educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography; Critical exposition of Dewey's work; and Philosophical underpinnings and a philosopher of education for our time.This is a major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft. About the Author Professor Richard Pring is Lead director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training for England and Wales, and Emeritus Fellow, Green College, Oxford ands formerly Professor of Educational Studies and Director of the Department, University of Oxford.