Pragmatism and education / / Daniel Trohler and Jurgen Oelkers.

• VerfasserIn: Tröhler, Daniel,; Oelkers, Jürgen, 1947-
• TeilnehmendeR: Oelkers, Jürgen, 1947-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The papers in this book have emerged from a conference which was organized in Zurich in 2003 by the Pestalozzianum Research Institute for the History of Education and the Educational Institute of the University of Zurich. The conference was organized in light of the increasing internationalization of educational discussion within the last ten to twenty years and the topic was the relation between pragmatism and educational theory. The contributions appear in a kind of chronological order. First, James A. Good examines the repeatedly asserted Hegelian roots of Dewey’s philosophy, while Hans-Peter Krüger, Meike Sophia Baader, and Roswitha Lehmann-Rommel address specific aspects of pragmatism, such as public communication, religion, and aesthetics, with the main emphasis of the analysis on William James and John Dewey. Jane Addams’ and George Herbert Mead’s education stands at the center of interest in the contributions by Daniel Tröhler, Birgit Althans, Gert Biesta, and Jürgen Oelkers, while Philipp Gonon and Stefan Bittner turn to the question of why pragmatism had such a hard time of gaining a foothold in Germany. The final contribution, Philip W. Jackson’s systematic analysis of Dewey’s thought, breaks with the chronological perspective of the volume, shifting the focus to other central and fruitful issues.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Daniel Tröhler and Jürgen Oelkers -- Introduction: Pragmatism and Education in the International Discussion / Daniel Tröhler and Jürgen Oelkers -- The Hegelian Roots of Dewey’s Pragmatism / James A. Good -- William James’ Theory of Religion and Pluralistic World / Meike Sophia Baader -- Public Intercommunications / Hans-Peter Krüger -- The Concepts of Activity and Effectiveness in Dewey’s Aesthetics / Roswitha Lehmann-Rommel -- Modern City, Social Justice and Education / Daniel Tröhler -- Jane Addams’ and Mary Parker Follett’s Applied Pragmatism / Birgit Althans -- George Herbert Mead and the Theory of Schooling / Gert Biesta -- Some Historical Notes on George Herbert Mead’s Theory of Education / Jürgen Oelkers -- Dewey And James in Germany – Missed Opportunities in German Pedagogy for Creative Encounter with American Pragmatism / Philipp Gonon -- The Perception of Dewey’s Pragmatism in Germany after 1945 / Stefan Bittner -- Dewey’s Optimism / Philip W. Jackson.