Montessori, Dewey, and capitalism; educational theory for a free market in education.

9780978780333

Montessori, Dewey, and capitalism; educational theory for a free market in education.

Kirkpatrick, Jerry.

TLJ Books

2008

212 pages

$18.95

Paperback

LC66

Kirkpatrick (international business and marketing, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona) presents a philosophy of education for scholars and practitioners in education, philosophy, and psychology. He posits that education requires a form of capitalism in which schools are privately owned and operated and argues for its total separation from the government. He details a philosophy that focuses on education for the purpose of teaching concentrated attention and independent judgment and discusses its foundations, purpose, method, and content, incorporating the ideas of Montessori, Dewey, and others.

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