As the world grows increasingly contentious, education for citizenship demands greater attention. Yet at this perilous juncture, social studies has neglected to take up the task of preparing citizens in a democratic and global society. Social studies has become increasingly fragmented and isolated by disciplinary foci that fetishize academic…

This essay examines the poetry of John Dewey, 101 poems in total. Characteristic of the rhymed and metered poetry of the period, they show a very human side of Dewey. This analysis argues that many of his poems deal with existential themes--love, finitude, and God, for example. On a deeper level these poems are also show connections to Dewey's…

Creating a democratic nation-state and sustaining its progress was seen by the founders of the Republic of Turkey as necessary to achieving the goal of becoming a distinguished member among developed civilizations. The founders conceived of education as a main instrument in disseminating this new ideology and ensuring the emergence of a culture of…

It has been said that pragmatism's "merely instrumental" truths fail to motivate radical change whereas absolute ideals make excellent guiding and driving forces for justice. However, in "Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights," Robert Moses speaks of the radical success of pragmatic principles, used in the Civil Rights Movement, that…

In an attempt to better understand the complexity of American racism and democracy, this paper explores racism through the plight of an African American sharecropper, Odell Waller, and the reaction and involvement of John Dewey, America's most liberal democratic philosopher of the 20th century. This exploration delves into the nature of American…

Excellent, democratic education that furthers each person's potential, success and happiness for her own and others' well-being is not yet widespread in the U.S. today. Dewey's The Public and Its Problems has much to say about the possibilities and challenges of achieving this goal. This paper examines Dewey's ideas about how a public for…

Author feels more consideration should be given to unfamiliar settings where youth can meet and truly express itself. (GB)

Comparison with others is a way cultures can again encounter the law, which from the emergence of sexuality, has made the genesis of life dependent on a relationship between two beings. (Author/GB)

Author discusses what would happen if the profit motive were subordinated to the happiness of man. (GB)

In order to study the broadening of the field of possibilities for individuals or for society as a whole, a phenomenological study needs to be made of the individual's psychology in his relations with his products or with those of the social system. (Author)

Neither a revolutionary artist nor a revolutionary work can exist in a vacuum, without far-reaching changes in the system of relations between men and art and without a revolution in cultural action as such. (Author)

Author discusses cultural liberation and the process of emancipation necessary before masses of people can participate in a genuine cultural democracy. (GB)

Autonomous or individual study has indisputably become an objective of great importance for European education. Attempts to explain the reasons for this widespread interest. (Author/RK)