Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Chapter Map vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Dewey’s Vision in Democracy and Education xv
6. Preface 1
7. 1 Education as a Necessity of Life 3
8. 2 Education as a Social Function 12
9. 3 Education as Direction 24
10. 4 Education as Growth 40
11. 5 Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline 52
12. 6 Education as Conservative and Progressive 66
13. 7 The Democratic Conception in Education 77
14. 8 Aims in Education 94
15. 9 Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims 105
16. 10 Interest and Discipline 118
17. 11 Experience and Thinking 131
18. 12 Thinking in Education 143
19. 13 The Nature of Method 154
20. 14 The Nature of Subject Matter 168
21. 15 Play and Work in the Curriculum 181
22. 16 The Significance of Geography and History 193
23. 17 Science in the Course of Study 204
24. 18 Educational Values 216
25. 19 Labor and Leisure 233
26. 20 Intellectual and Practical Studies 244
27. 21 Physical and Social Studies 258
28. 22 The Individual and the World 271
29. 23 Vocational Aspects of Education 285
30. 24 Philosophy of Education 299
31. 25 Theories of Knowledge 310
32. 26 Theories of Morals 322
33. Index 337