{"product_id":"democracy-and-education-by-john-dewey-with-a-critical-introduction-by-patricia-h-hinchey-9781975500207","title":"Democracy and Education by John Dewey: With a Critical Introduction by Patricia H. Hinchey","description":"Some hundred years after John Dewey worked to illuminate what it means to educate and how public education serves as the bedrock of democracy, his seminal \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Education\u003c\/i\u003e speaks urgently not only to critical contemporary educational issues but to contemporary political issues as well. As mania for testing forces a steadily narrowing curriculum, Dewey explains why democracy cannot \"flourish\" if \"the chief influences in selecting subject matter of instruction are utilitarian ends narrowly conceived for the masses.\" As such utilitarian subject matter is increasingly placed online, isolating individual students and their electronic screens, he insists that education happens not through direct instruction but \"indirectly by means of the environment\" where members of a community engage in meaningful tasks. As the American population appears increasingly subject to rhetorical manipulation and ideological extremism, Dewey imagines the possibility of education cultivating \"habits of mind which secure social changes without introducing disorder.\" Insightful and inspiring, Dewey's classic reintroduces readers to educational and political possibilities hard to remember as political and corporate forces to work reshape American public schools in the service of global profit rather than democratic life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMyers Education Press's \u003ci\u003eTimely Classics in Education\u003c\/i\u003e offer readers the opportunity to return to the original works of giants whose influence on education have persisted through the years. Critical introductions to each work offer information on the context of the original work as well as insights into current relevance. For readers unfamiliar with each text, the introductions provide entr e to the work; for experienced readers, the series offers an opportunity to return to original works untainted by the distortions of decades of interpretation. Unlike poorly produced facsimile editions, \u003ci\u003eTimely Classics\u003c\/i\u003e are high-quality products. They can be adopted for use in many types of education classes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for courses in: \u003c\/b\u003e Social Foundations of Education, Political and Social Foundations of Education, Foundations of American Education, Foundations of Education, Introduction to Education Theory and Policy, Philosophy and Education, History of American Education, and The Philosophy of John Dewey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHinchey, Patricia H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Patricia H. Hinchey is Professor Emerita of Education at Penn State, where she taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses and frequently conducted professional development workshops for both K-12 and higher education educators. She is also a Fellow with the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is author or co-author of six texts, editor or co-editor of several more, and she has also published numerous journal articles.","brand":"Myers Education Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433880523026,"sku":"9781975500207","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3821c16c-4e6d-462b-ae24-8f43f23ad764.jpg?v=1729588152","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/democracy-and-education-by-john-dewey-with-a-critical-introduction-by-patricia-h-hinchey-9781975500207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}