John Dewey and the Challenge of Classroom Practice

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Teachers College Press, 1998 - 260 pages
The first systematic exploration of Deweyan pedagogy in an actual classroom since studies of Dewey's own Laboratory School at the turn of the century! In Part I Stephen Fishman discusses Dewey's educational theory. In Part II, Fishman joins composition specialist Lucille McCarthy to examine his own Introduction to Philosophy class.
 

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Contents

DEWEYS EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY RECONCILING NESTED DUALISMS
15
DEWEYS PHILOSOPHY OF PROCESS
16
STUDENTS ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN LEARNING
19
Focus ON THE LEARNING PROCESS
23
GROWTH
27
NESTED DUALISMS UNDERLYING DEWEYS STUDENTCURRICULUM INTEGRATION
29
CONTINUITY AND INTERACTION
30
CONSTRUCTION AND CRITICISM
32
DEWEYAN CLASSROOM EXPERIMENTS
111
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN A DEWEYAN CLASSROOM
113
THE STRENGTHS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH FOR CLASSROOM INQUIRY
115
RESEARCH QUESTIONS SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS
123
DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES
126
CONSTRUCTING THEMES AND PATTERNS
129
INTEGRATING STUDENT AND CURRICULUM INDIRECTLY
133
STUDENTS QUESTIONING AND ANSWERING TEACHING AND LEARNING
135

INTEREST AND EFFORT
35
SETTING THE CONDITIONS FOR QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND WORK
42
MORAL TRAITS OF CHARACTER AND DEWEYS STUDENTCURRICULUM INTEGRATION
46
SETTING THE CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPING MORAL TRAITS OF CHARACTER
47
THREE SOURCES OF DEWEYS EMPHASIS ON COOPERATIVE CLASSROOMS
51
SUMMARY OF DEWEYS PEDAGOGICAL AIMS AND APPROACH
53
DEWEYS IDEOLOGY AND His CLASSROOM CRITICS
57
DEWEYAN POLITICS AND PUPIL CHANGE
63
REFORM OF ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLING
64
DEWEYS CHALLENGE To TEACHERS
66
MY OWN SCHOOLING WITHOUT STUDENTCURRICULUM INTEGRATION
69
A DIVIDED SELF SEEKING DIRECTION
70
DEWEYS UNIVERSITY WITHOUT DEWEY
71
MEETING JOHN DEWEY THROUGH A BACK DOOR
73
THREE TRANSORMATIVE MOMENTS
75
DEWEYAN INSIGHTS ABOUT MY TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTS
79
CAUGHT IN THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF PHILOSOPHY
83
MY OWN TEACHING WITHOUT STUDENTCURRICULUM INTEGRATION
85
TEACHING FOR CRITICAL THINKING
86
TEACHING FOR PERSONAL DISCOVERY
89
TEACHING FOR DISCIPLINARY INITIATION
98
DEWEYAN INSIGHTS ABOUT MY PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEMS
101
INTEGRATING STUDENT AND CURRICULUM ADIRECTLY
105
PREPARATIONS FOR AN IMPROVED INTRO COURSE
107
FINDINGS ABOUT FISHMANS INDIRECT PEDAGOGY
145
CLASSROOM CONTINUITIES AND INTERACTIONS
153
STUDENT ROLES AND THE LETTER EXCHANGE ASSIGNMENT
154
JOHN LUCASS CONTINUITIES AND INTERACTIONS AS SHAPING HIS CONVERSATION PAL ROLE
156
FINDINGS ABOUT CONTINUITIES AND INTERACTIONS
176
THE VALUE OF APPLYING DEWEYS CONCEPT OF CONTINUITY AND INTERACTION
178
A DEWEYAN PERSPECTIVE ON STUDENT PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION AND CRITICISM SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS
181
EXPLORATIONS RATHER THAN MAPS
182
SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS IN THREE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT PROJECTS
183
FINDINGS ABOUT RECONCILING SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS
206
STUDENTS RESIDUES FOR FUTURE LEARNING
209
OPENMlNDEDNESS AND CAREFUL LISTENING TO OPPOSING POSITIONS
210
DEWEYS RELEVANCE TO CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION
219
RESTORING A CONCERN FOR COMMUNITY
220
PROMOTING TEACHER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CLASSROOM RESEARCH
222
PROMOTING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH INDIRECT PEDAGOGY
223
Introduction to Philosophy Class Reflection Log
227
McCarthys Memo to Focus Students About ThinkAlouds
231
Fishmans Final Letter Exchange Assignment
233
Fishmans Instructions Regarding the Term Project Essay
235
WORKS CITED
239
INDEX
251
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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TitleJohn Dewey and the Challenge of Classroom Practice
The practitioner inquiry series
AuthorsStephen M. Fishman, Lucille Parkinson McCarthy
Editionillustrated
PublisherTeachers College Press, 1998
ISBN0807737267, 9780807737262
Length260 pages
  
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