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Download or read book Discovering John Dewey in the Twenty-First Century written by C. Gregg Jorgensen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features a unique collection of dialogues with fourteen notable scholars on their opinions and observations about John Dewey, a renowned educational philosopher of the twentieth century. The book explores varying views about John Dewey, his philosophy, and his educational theory. In revealing positive, sometimes negative, occasionally surprising, and consistently insightful viewpoints, the author seeks to enable the reader to reflect on the primary question: does John Dewey’s consequential educational philosophy have an important role in twenty-first century education and in nurturing and sustaining democratic ideals?