95 | John Dewey and the Education of Experience
Added 2024-08-14 10:00:08 +0000 UTCIn this episode, we discuss the educational philosophy of the American pragmatist John Dewey. Focusing on his 1938 treatise Experience & Education we explore questions concerning the ends of education, what it means to be an effective educator, and the relationship between experience and history. Dewey advocates for a form of education that focuses less on knowledge accumulation and more on cultivating the capacities of students for freedom through the enrichment of their experience. Other topics include Dewey’s controversial naturalism, the tension between Deweyan pragmatism and Marxist social theory, and finally why the traditional lecture still has a lot to recommend it!
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References:
John Dewey, Experience & Education (New York: Free Press, 2015)
John Dewey, Art as Experience (New York: Penguin Books, 2005)
Music:
“Vintage Memories” by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com
“My Space” by Overu | https://get.slip.stream/KqmvAN
Comments
Third on this! I just started reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed!
Space Ghost
2024-08-24 20:17:52 +0000 UTCthanks so much! fascinating stuff
phishy
2024-08-22 13:51:33 +0000 UTCi was made aware of it in Richard English's Armed Struggle history of the IRA, if you can find a copy of that online & ctrl f freire or pedagogy of the oppressed im sure youll be able to track down stuff from the citations. it was primarily embraced by the prison chapters of the IRA e.g. bobby sands
Quinn
2024-08-21 20:51:50 +0000 UTCHello, Thank you for the stimulating episode. I am sorry to be a nuisance but I have still not received any feedback from you all regarding the order which I placed on your store, but never received. I have again direct messaged you about this here. A response would be greatly appreciated :)
phishy
2024-08-20 12:21:16 +0000 UTCdo you have any articles about the influence of Freire on the IRA? I am very interested. This may explain why Connolly Books always has Pedagogy of the Oppressed in stock haha
phishy
2024-08-20 12:11:42 +0000 UTCseconding this, was also really influential to a few segments of US black radical tradition as well as the IRA
Quinn
2024-08-19 05:12:03 +0000 UTCOn this topic, it would be interesting if you guys could cover something from Paulo Freire. Pedagogy of the oppressed seems a good one. Hugely influential Brazilian thinker. He is often a target of the far right in Brazil.
Eduardo Andrade
2024-08-14 16:28:11 +0000 UTCMe and all the other middle school teachers that listen to the podcast are thrilled you did this!!
Pat Malone
2024-08-14 11:52:00 +0000 UTC
