The Contemporary Relevance of John Dewey's Theories on Teaching and Learning

Deweyan Perspectives on Standardization, Accountability, and Assessment in Education
Herausgeber: Avila, Julianna; Waks, Leonard J; Rud Jr, Anthony Gordon; Ring, Emer

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Produktbeschreibung

Through expert analysis, this text proves that John Deweyâ s views on efficiency in education are as relevant as ever. By exploring Deweyan theories of teaching and learning, the volume illustrates how they can aid educators in navigating the theoretical and practical implications of accountability, standardization, and assessment.

Produktdetails

• Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780367621483
• ISBN-10: 0367621487
• Artikelnr.: 62274326

Autorenporträt

JuliAnna Ávila is Associate Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US. Emer Ring is Dean of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. AG Rud Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning, Washington State University, US. Leonard J. Waks is Distinguished Professor of Educational Studies at Hangzhou Normal University and Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at Temple University.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Post-Standardization Approaches to Accountability Introduction
to Section I 1. John Dewey and the Cult of Efficiency 2. Standardization as
the 'Unmoved Mover' of Education: A Deweyan Perspective on Teaching and
Teacher Education 3. How the High-Stakes Testing and Accountability
Movement Undermines Educative Experiences 4. Applying Dewey's 'Both/And' in
Experience and Education to a Contemporary Critique of Standardisation 5.
Becoming through Being: Dewey's Relevance to Educating for the Future of
Work 6. Rethinking Accountability: Teaching towards an Ecocritical Creative
Democracy Section 2: A Deweyan Vision of Teacher Professionalization
Introduction to Section II 7. Moral Literacy as Social Efficiency in Dewey:
Preparing Educators for Moral Agency and Autonomy in 21st Century Schools
8. Child and the Curriculum in the 21st Century: The Relationship between
Enquiry and Inquiry in the Classroom 9. Listening to the Voices of Teachers
Through Dewey's Ideas 10. Teaching in the Flow of Time: Rethinking Our
Educational Narrative 11. The Challenges of Teaching for Democracy in the
21st Century: Dewey, Dialogic Pedagogy and Teacher Education in England 12.
The Teacher's Role: From Dewey's Lab School to a Public College Section 3:
Praxis for Democratic Ends in the Context of Standardization Introduction
to Section III 13. Exploring Contemporary Assessment Policy and Practice in
the Context of Dewey's Philosophy of Education 14. Accountability, Data,
and Social Meliorism: Can They Co-Exist? 15. Reimagining School Leaders as
Stealth Democratic Actors: A Deweyan Analysis of the School Leader Paradigm
16. Self-Accountability in Teaching Against the Grain: A Dewey-Informed
Approach to Professional Preparation 17. The Concept of the Child,
Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability in Early Childhood Education for a
Post-Covid 19 World: Insights from Dewey's Philosophy 18. John Dewey on the
Long Look Ahead: Reconstructing How We Approach Assessment in Teacher
Education Programs Through the Democratic Cultivation of the Purposes of
Education