{"product_id":"teaching-in-the-now-jeff-frank-9781557538062","title":"Teaching in the Now: John Dewey on the Educational Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Dewey's \u003ci\u003eExperience and Education\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book, but first-time readers of Dewey's philosophy can find it challenging and not meaningfully related to the contemporary landscape of education. Jeff Frank's \u003ci\u003eTeaching in the Now\u003c\/i\u003e aims to reanimate Dewey's text--for first-time readers and anyone who teaches the text or is interested in appreciating Dewey's continuing significance--by focusing on Dewey's thinking on preparation. Frank, through close readings of Dewey, asks readers to wonder: How much of what we justify as preparation in education is actually necessary? That is, every time we catch ourselves telling a student--you need to learn this in order to do something else--we need to stop and reflect. We need to reflect, because when we always justify the present moment of a student's education in terms of what will happen in the future, we may lose out on the ability to engage students' attention and interest now, when it matters. Dewey asks his readers to trust that the best way to prepare students for an engaging and productive future is to create the most engaging and productive present experience for students. We learn to live fully in the future, only by practicing living fully in the present. Although it can feel scary to stop thinking of the work of education in terms of preparation, when educators reclaim the present for students, new opportunities--for teachers, students, schools, democracy, and education--emerge. \u003ci\u003eTeaching in the Now\u003c\/i\u003e explores these opportunities in impassioned and engaging prose that makes \u003ci\u003eExperience and Education\u003c\/i\u003e come alive for readers new to Dewey or who have taught and read him for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557538069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557538062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Jeff Frank","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980090212607,"sku":"9781557538062","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85c8f0a8-d439-4c30-9eaa-196c39fd38bf.jpg?v=1683248332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teaching-in-the-now-jeff-frank-9781557538062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}