Schools of To-morrow (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410207258)

A classic of World War I-era "experimental" education by the Columbia University Professor and philosopher, written in collaboration with his daughter -hailed at its publication in 1915 as "the most significant and informing study of educational conditions that has appeared in twenty years." The final chapter, "Democracy and Education," presaged Dewey's famous book of that name which appeared the following year. Illustrates (in Dewey's words) "What actually happens when schools start out to put into practice, each in its own way, some of the theories that have been pointed out as the soundest and best since Plato." A classic work in the history of American education.

Author: John Dewey,Evelyn Dewey
ISBN-10: 1410207250
ISBN-13: 9781410207258
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2003
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.02w x 0.90d