 John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect: A Critical Engagement with Dewey’s Democracy and Educationreviewed by Carol R. Rodgers - May 17, 2007  Title: John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect: A Critical Engagement with Dewey’s Democracy and EducationAuthor(s): David T. Hansen (Ed.) Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany ISBN: 0791469220 , Pages: 195, Year: 2007 Search for book at Amazon.com Lately I have felt like a hypocrite. What I teach and what I believe (that learning should guide teaching, that learners are human beings with great capacity for growth, and that the purpose of school is to educate critical citizens of a democracy) are in harmony. However, what I teach is not in harmony with what my students encounter in schools. My students, future teachers, are working with cooperating teachers who feel the pressure to “cover” immense amounts of material before state and nationally mandated tests, who have no time for projects, who must “keep up” with the other teachers in their department, who dismiss my students’ idealism with “That would never work here,” or, resignedly, “You’ll learn…” And they encounter students whose reason for studying is to pass the test, and who see school as a as a game they must play to get into college and secure a... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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