3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Dewey's most systematic work — arguing that education is not preparation for life but is life itself, and that democratic education is the key to democratic society.
American philosopher who developed instrumentalism — the view that ideas are tools for solving problems — and transformed philosophy of education with the view that schooling should be continuous with democratic life.
Plato's dialogue in which Socrates and Meno investigate whether virtue can be taught — leading to the theory of recollection (anamnesis) as an answer to Meno's paradox about inquiry.