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Democracy and Education was written by American philosopher john dewey.

This book comprehensively expounds Dewey's pragmatic education theory basically formed in Chicago Experimental School and the theoretical discussion of educational reform at that time, and puts forward the clear objectives and methods of building new education. Dewey especially emphasized the practical value and humanistic value of education, attached importance to the influence of education on people's morality and social development, and made education get rid of the isolated scope of knowledge transmission, and regarded education as an important aspect of social activities, so that education gained its due position in modern social life.

Democracy and Education is the representative work of Dewey's educational works, which has been translated into many languages and produced worldwide influence. British and American scholars rank democracy and education as three milestones in the history of western education, along with Plato's Republic and Rousseau's Emile.

Creative background:

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, in order to meet the needs of industrial revolution, urban-rural transformation, frontier development and a large number of immigrants, a series of social reform movements appeared in the United States, one of which was the educational innovation movement. American traditional education has two problems: one is divorced from society, and the other is divorced from children. This educational innovation movement should be replaced by brand-new curriculum design and novel teaching methods.

Content introduction:

The subtitle of "Democracy and Education" is "Introduction to Educational Philosophy". Except the preface, the book consists of 26 chapters, which can be divided into four parts.

The first part, including chapters 1 to 6, mainly discusses the essence of education.

The second part, including chapter 7 to chapter 17, mainly discusses the process of education.

The third part, including chapters 18 to 23, mainly discusses the educational value.

The fourth part, including chapters 24 to 26, mainly discusses the relationship between education and philosophy, the relationship between knowledge and morality, and the practical application of philosophy in education.