John Dewey's Democratic Education and its Influence on Pedagogy in China 1917-1937

• Main Author: Wang, Lei (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: International education .; Comparative education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Critical Thinking.; Culture.; International and Comparative Education.; Philosophy of Education.; Global/International Culture.

Lei Wang researches John Dewey's pedagogical influence on the historical context of China and compares his observations and his basic democratic approach with the concepts and practical implementation of his Chinese students. As a result, it turns out that the spread of pragmatic philosophy in...

Table of Contents:

• Dewey's view of China and his proposals for social reconstruction and educational reform
• Dewey's lectures in China - limitations, misunderstandings and translation errors
• Dewey's influence on pedagogical professions in China
• The concepts and practices of Hu Shi and Tao Xingzhi.