Discontinuity in Learning: Dewey, Herbart and Education as Transformation

by Andrea English

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking book, Andrea English challenges common assumptions by arguing that discontinuous experiences, such as uncertainty and struggle, are essential to the learning process. To make this argument, Dr English draws from the works of two seminal thinkers in philosophy of education - nineteenth-century German philosopher J. F. Herbart and American pragmatist John Dewey. English's analysis considers Herbart's influence on Dewey, inverting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107448611
• ISBN13: 9781107448612
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"