Lawrence J Dennis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4506740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence J Dennis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence J |
| FAMILY NAME | Dennis |
| SIGNATURE | DENNIS L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1931 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Prayer to Pragmatism: A Biography of John L. Childs
Lawrence J. Dennis s intellectual biography of John L. Childs, a leading figure in twentieth-century American educational philosophy between 1930 and 1960, traces Childs s influence not only on education but also on midcentury politics, economics, and social issues. A disciple of John Dewey and an associate of William Heard Kilpatrick, George S. Counts, Boyd Bode, and other key figures in modern American education, Childs laid the philosophic bas…
George S. Counts and Charles A. Beard: Collaborators for Change
Publish and/or perish
The or perish challenge faces university faculty across country. In case of tenured faculty, perish may be too strong a word, but without publications faculty members likely are locked in their present rank and denied more than minimal salary increase. In case of untenured faculty, perish carries additional penalty of losing one's job; indeed, so parlous is plight of untenured faculty member that situation may even be and perish. The debates pro …
Presentism and sensationalism: Challenges to educational foundations
I teach philosophy of education in large college of education. As you may know, philosophers of education, if involved in undergraduate teaching, flip-flop uncertainly between the demands of the discipline of philosophy and the evident need to influence preparation of teachers. Perhaps that is the cause of the trouble. The field, certainly as practiced today, is inherently ambiguous. Sometimes I envy my colleagues in the philosophy department. Th…
The British, Americans, and open education: Some cultural differences
Accountability—try fishing
I have always considered analogies untenable as illustrations of the reality intended. They are used as the means of proving that chalk equals cheese whereas all they prove, in fact, is that chalk equals chalk and cheese equals cheese. I may be two faced, but I here intend analogy, not to prove my case but simply to make it. You may accuse me of casuistry, and I'll bow guiltily to the charge, but I hope that will not prevent me from presenting an…
The future hour
The Dynamics of War and Revolution
The Dynamics of War and Revolution. By Lawrence Dennis. (New York: Weekly Foreign Letter, 1940. xxxi + 259 pp. $3.00.) Get access Nelson Vance Russell Nelson Vance Russell Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 28, Issue 3, December 1941, Pages 453–455, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887153 Published: 01 December 1941
From Marx to Stalin; A Critique of Communism
Fascism for America
Is Capitalism Doomed
Usury and the Canonists: Continued
Nicaragua: In Again, out Again
Revolution, Recognition and Intervention
From Prayer to Pragmatism: A Biography of John L. Childs
Lawrence J. Dennis s intellectual biography of John L. Childs, a leading figure in twentieth-century American educational philosophy between 1930 and 1960, traces Childs s influence not only on education but also on midcentury politics, economics, and social issues. A disciple of John Dewey and an associate of William Heard Kilpatrick, George S. Counts, Boyd Bode, and other key figures in modern American education, Childs laid the philosophic bas…
George S. Counts and Charles A. Beard: Collaborators for Change
Publish and/or perish
The or perish challenge faces university faculty across country. In case of tenured faculty, perish may be too strong a word, but without publications faculty members likely are locked in their present rank and denied more than minimal salary increase. In case of untenured faculty, perish carries additional penalty of losing one's job; indeed, so parlous is plight of untenured faculty member that situation may even be and perish. The debates pro …
Revolution, Recognition and Intervention
Nicaragua: In Again, out Again
Revolution, Recognition and Intervention
Usury and the Canonists: Continued
Is Capitalism Doomed
Fascism for America
The Dynamics of War and Revolution
The Dynamics of War and Revolution. By Lawrence Dennis. (New York: Weekly Foreign Letter, 1940. xxxi + 259 pp. $3.00.) Get access Nelson Vance Russell Nelson Vance Russell Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 28, Issue 3, December 1941, Pages 453–455, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887153 Published: 01 December 1941
From Marx to Stalin; A Critique of Communism
The future hour
Accountability—try fishing
I have always considered analogies untenable as illustrations of the reality intended. They are used as the means of proving that chalk equals cheese whereas all they prove, in fact, is that chalk equals chalk and cheese equals cheese. I may be two faced, but I here intend analogy, not to prove my case but simply to make it. You may accuse me of casuistry, and I'll bow guiltily to the charge, but I hope that will not prevent me from presenting an…
The British, Americans, and open education: Some cultural differences
Presentism and sensationalism: Challenges to educational foundations
I teach philosophy of education in large college of education. As you may know, philosophers of education, if involved in undergraduate teaching, flip-flop uncertainly between the demands of the discipline of philosophy and the evident need to influence preparation of teachers. Perhaps that is the cause of the trouble. The field, certainly as practiced today, is inherently ambiguous. Sometimes I envy my colleagues in the philosophy department. Th…
Publish and/or perish
The or perish challenge faces university faculty across country. In case of tenured faculty, perish may be too strong a word, but without publications faculty members likely are locked in their present rank and denied more than minimal salary increase. In case of untenured faculty, perish carries additional penalty of losing one's job; indeed, so parlous is plight of untenured faculty member that situation may even be and perish. The debates pro …
George S. Counts and Charles A. Beard: Collaborators for Change
From Prayer to Pragmatism: A Biography of John L. Childs
Lawrence J. Dennis s intellectual biography of John L. Childs, a leading figure in twentieth-century American educational philosophy between 1930 and 1960, traces Childs s influence not only on education but also on midcentury politics, economics, and social issues. A disciple of John Dewey and an associate of William Heard Kilpatrick, George S. Counts, Boyd Bode, and other key figures in modern American education, Childs laid the philosophic bas…
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