Schools of Tomorrow - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Modern day efforts in education reform often call for an examination of “out-of-the-box” approaches that appear to be achieving promising outcomes. John Dewey and his daughter Evelyn took just that approach in preparation for their 1915 book SCHOOLS OF TO-MORROW. John Dewey’s reputation by this time was well established—not only in the field of education but also in psychology and philosophy. Evelyn was an experienced teacher with a special interest in experimentation, becoming involved with the Bureau of Educational Experiments and assisting her father in his educational investigations. Both father and daughter were intensely interested in the plight of immigrant and other disadvantaged students. John Dewey, drawing heavily on the philosophy of Rousseau, envisions learning as a child’s natural propensity, given his or her awareness of approaching adulthood. Educators tend, he believes, to overstress the traditional (one might say “unnatural”) academic components of public education at the expense of the child’s innate desire to learn how to be a successful adult. The text includes numerous real-life examples of teachers and students involved in the above approach, with photographs showing students engaged in learning. While these illustrations are taken from a century ago, one can easily imagine the same scenes with students involved in activities related to today’s technological, economic, and scientific fields.

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