Democracy and Education : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education – John Dewey

The book addresses the challenges of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusion of vocational contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self and society. It is considered as the seminal work on public education by one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.