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Provides a central role for Dewey's talk of education and how it fits into his overall philosophy.
Inquiry and Education offers a lucid and challenging interpretation of John Dewey, his critics, and his supporters. Thematically organized, the book focuses on four of Dewey's preeminent concerns-inquiry, growth, community, and democracy-and their close association with formal education. This book fills a void in the literature on Dewey by providing the first critical exploration of the philosopher's talk of education and how this fits into his overall philosophy. James Scott Johnston develops Dewey's thinking and suggests that Dewey's theory of inquiry is best described as self-correcting and context-bound.
"Johnston explains that Dewey's thinking requires linking all his thought, and he forces one to acknowledge the influence of Dewey's ideas on education on his more purely philosophic writing." — CHOICE
"Johnston's deft analysis of the charges advanced against Dewey by his many critics expands our understanding of the relation of his educational theories to his wider philosophical project." — Larry Hickman, Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
"I like how the author lays out the richness of the Deweyan tradition as it has impacted the philosophical debates of the twentieth century." — Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Miami University
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. INTRODUCTION
II. INQUIRY AND SCIENCE
III. INQUIRY, EXPERIENCE, AND GROWTH
Part One: A Short History of the Debate on Inquiry
Part Two: The Present-Day Debate on Inquiry
Part Three: Rereading Inquiry
Part Four: Inquiry as Self-Correcting
IV. INQUIRY, GROWTH, AND COMMUNITY
Part One: A Short History of the Debate on Experience
Part Two: The Present-Day Debate on Experience
Part Three: Rereading Inquiry in Experience
Part Four: Inquiry, Growth, and Education
V. INQUIRY, GROWTH, COMMUNITY, AND DEMOCRACY
Part One: A Short History of the Debate on Community
Part Two: The Present-Day Debate on Community
Part Three: Rereading Inquiry and Community
Part Four: Inquiry as Growth through Community
Notes
Part One: A Short History of the Debate on Democracy
Part Two: The Present-Day Debate on Democracy
Part Three: Rereading Inquiry and Democracy
Part Four: Educating Democracy
References
Index