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Democracy and EducationBook

by John Dewey

Who uses, recommends or left Democracy and Education, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Rebecca Winthrop
Rebecca Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution.
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So the first one is democracy and education by John Dwey which is over 100 years old and we are now seeing through lots of great neuroscience that his observations around the teaching and learning experience and what makes for a good teaching and learning experience were right. He has some great discussions around the importance of reflection.

Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’” (https://nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-rebecca-winthrop.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.

2025-05-13·youtube.com ↗

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