John Dewey held that the purpose of education was not to teach the child science, literature, history, or geography, but rather to prime him for social cooperation and community life. After a century of his “progressive educational” method being applied in American schools, a large percentage of students are unable to read, write, or reason.

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0:00 Intro
3:39 Dewey's early years
4:50 Dewey's educational background and the philosophers that influenced him
8:54 Pragmatism and Dewey's role in its development
14:38 American education prior to the progressives
20:18 Dewey's development of the progressive teaching method
28:07 What's the essence of progressive education?
46:02 Progressive education's political aims
52:58 The progressives vs. critics
1:03:28 The alternatives to progressive education
1:07:36 Final comments

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