Discontinuity in Learning : Dewey, Herbart and Education as Transformation (Paperback)

Prologue. Why Herbart and Dewey?; Part I. Education, Discontinuity, and Transformation: 1. The moral dimension of education; 2. The problem of continuity, the need for struggle, the role of tact; 3. Discontinuity and educational openings in learning; 4. Teaching in the openings of learning; 5. Conclusion: morality, democracy, and pluralist society; Part II. Teaching and Learning Forgotten?: 6. Revisiting 'learning in-between' and umlernen; 7. Pedagogical tact: learning to teach 'in-between'; 8. Perfectibility and recognition of the other for education; Epilogue. Should teachers think? Re(dis)covering the meaning of philosophy for the education of teachers.