In chapter seven of Democracy and Education, Dewey states that education differs from community to community. “To say that education is a social function, securing direction and development in the immature through their participation in the life of the group to which they belong, is to say in effect that education will vary with the quality of life which prevails in a group”(81). Dewey is saying that if education is a social condition, than it …showed first 75 words of 618 total…

…showed last 75 words of 618 total…question “How might you use these ideas in your own teaching?” very difficult to answer, since I have a hard time relating to Dewey’s point of view. I just do not see how I can use his philosophies as a teacher in my own classroom. However, I am sure that after I have read more of the text I will have a better understanding of Dewey, and what he has to say about education.