The Reception of John Dewey’s Democratic Concept of School in Different Countries of the World

• Rogacheva, Yelena ^[1]
  1. [1] Vladimir State University

     Vladimir State University

     Rusia

     
• Localización: Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, ISSN-e 2340-7263, Vol. 3, Nº. 2, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: John Dewey’s Reception and Influence in Europe and America), págs. 65-87
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The paper deals with John Dewey’s democratic concept of school and its international significance. The man of the XX century, John Dewey (1859-1952) has made great impact on the development of world pedagogy. The masterwork «Democracy and Education» published in 1916 by American scholar and educational reformer is in the focus of attention too. The main elements of John Dewey’s concept of child-oriented school are given along with the following three conditions: «democracy», «growth» and «experience». The author explains the reasons of Dewey’s influence on educational thought and practice in the XXth century. The experience of old European countries such as Great Britain, France, Turkey, as well as Japan, Russia and Latin America is touched upon in the paper. It is stressed that cultural interpretations of Dewey’s ideas and practices in different countries served as the instrument of modernization of the state and school reform stimulator. John Dewey’s democratic ideas brought him international reputation of an outstanding philosopher and the best educator of the XXth century alongside with the other three: George Kershensteiner, Maria Montessori and Anton Makarenko.