John Dewey’s Pragmatic Conceptions upon American Progressive Education and Ralph Waldo Emerson`s Transcendentalist Conceptions on American Literary Theory (A Comparative Approach)
John Dewey’s Pragmatic Conceptions upon American Progressive Education and Ralph Waldo Emerson`s Transcendentalist Conceptions on American Literary Theory (A Comparative Approach)
Author(s): Lucian RaduSubject(s): Education, Psychology, Individual Psychology, Psychology of Self
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: progressive education; transcendentalism; experience; child; culture; language;
Summary/Abstract: This paper represents a comparative approach from the pragmatic and transcendentalist perspectives upon the American Progressive Education, respectively American Literary Theory, illustrated in John Dewey’s and Ralph Aldo Emerson`s writings, starting with the concept of experience, child - as the central part of both conceptions, continuing with individuality, rejection of the past, emphasizing the importance of action, activity, culture, and language in both cases.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VII: Social Sciences and Law
- Issue Year: 14/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 195-202
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English