The Dewey Experiment in China

The Dewey Experiment in China

Author: Barry Keenan

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Yankee Confucius -- John Dewey's Visit to China -- John Dewey's Lectures in China -- Educational Reform -- The New Education Reform Movement: its Origins and Development to 1922 -- T'ao Hsing-Chih and Educational Reform, 1922-1929 -- The Denouement: Educational Reform at the End of the 1920s -- Pragmatic Politics and Reform Ideology -- Experimental Politics -- A Table of the Published Chinese Sources of John Dewey's Lectures Delivered in China, 1919-1921 -- John Dewey's Major Lecture Series, Published Articles, and Professional Activities During His Visit to China -- Translations of John Dewey's Works Into Chinese -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.


John Dewey and Chinese Education

John Dewey and Chinese Education

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9004511474

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By critically reviewing the event of Dewey’s visit to China (1919-1921) through historical, philosophical and comparative perspectives, this book finds new value to revive the dialogue between Dewey and Eastern philosophies as a way to respond to contemporary educational challenges.


John Dewey in China

John Dewey in China

Author: Jessica Ching-Sze Wang

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-16

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0791479544

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Combining biography with philosophy, this book explores John Dewey's two-year trip to China (1919–1921) and its legacy for him as a teacher and a learner. Jessica Ching-Sze Wang looks at how Dewey was received in China, what he learned, and how he was changed as a result. She examines the intriguing dynamics shaping China's reactions to Dewey and Dewey's interpretations of China, and details the evolving process in which Dewey came to understand China on its own terms, rather than from Eurocentric perspectives. Tracing China's influence on Dewey, Wang considers how his visit contributed to the subsequent development of his social and political philosophy. China provided a unique vantage point for Dewey to observe international politics, which led him to reconsider the meaning of internationalism. Also, his exposure to Chinese communal culture enabled him to reject the Western preoccupation with democracy in politics and to emphasize democracy as all-encompassing culture. Finally, Wang discusses how Dewey's own observations and appraisals of Chinese society can give credence to the notion of Confucian democracy for China.