Experimenting with Education
John Dewey and Ella Flagg Young at the University of Chicago
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11366378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Condliffe Lagemann (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 171-185 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/444127 |
| OpenAlex | W2064046122 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
Although John Dewey is often described as a "child-centered" philosopher, a careful reading of his writings indicates that he did not believe children could learn well without teachers to help link their prior experience to the experience available in school. The crucial role Dewey assigned teachers has not been fully recognized because Dewey said relatively little about teachers in his major educational writings, including Democracy and Education (1916). During his Chicago years, while working closely with teacher advocate Ella Flagg Young, Dewey wrote incisively about teachers and the political constraints that limited their effectiveness. However, after leaving Chicago, this was not a focal point of his major educational works. The significance of this oversight is explored in this article, especially in relation to Dewey and Young's brief but close and important collaboration
Democracy · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Progressive Education · Reading (process · Relation (database · Sociology · Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |