Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1991
Abstract
A provocative encounter between two liberal models of education. John Dewey's model of education, developed as a philosophy for children program by Matthew Lipman, Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, emphasizes dialogue in a community of inquiry. Carter G. Woodson's model of education emphasizes learning for the purpose of social "uplift," particularly the uplift of African Americans. The two emphases clash in the experience of a philosopher working with children and teachers in four Washington D.C. elementary schools.
The experiences of teachers, the dialogue of students, and the struggles of an elementary school administrator tell the story of lived experience in four Washington D.C. elementary schools. A philosopher's effort to come to grips with ideals of education that seem inadequate to the task of guiding the pursuit of knowledge in a postmodern era of cultural chaos.
Book Publisher
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
0-8403---0644-2
Book Editor(s)
Leonard Harris
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Harris, Leonard, "(1991) Children in Chaos: A Philosophy for Children Experience" (1991). Collected Papers of Leonard Harris. 3.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_lharris/3
Published Citation
Harris, Leonard (1991) Children in Chaos: A Philosophy for Children Experience. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.