An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the different methods for achieving quality in education. After its initial publication, this book began a revolution in educational thinking; one that emphasized growth, experience, and activity as key elements in promoting democratic qualities in students and educators alike. (Temporary introduction by timferreira)
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Awesome. I was surprised this book hadn't been done already. But maybe I overestimate the importance of it since I'm surrounded by graduate students and professors of education.
Thanks again for MCing. I'll start recording when I finish some of the sections of projects I'm currently responsible for.
Let me know when you've finished setting it up. I'd like to look for a DPL also, but that can wait until I've got a few sections recorded and posted. Unless someone is interested and wants to volunteer ahead of time!
...on the assumption that this is going to go at a reasonably leisurely pace (which I'm guessing from the target date).
Also, I've changed the source text to Gutenberg, because I noticed that the Google books version was not available in Europe. I'm assuming that the text will be identical, though.
Perfect. Thanks. Yes, as a graduate student, leisurely is the way I like to get things done. Unless I have papers due, in which case LibriVox is going to be the perfect thing for me to do to procrastinate, so the files will come in more quickly then.
Hi. I was just checking out the Gutenberg version and it seems to be the same text as the one I had linked to on Google Books, with the exception that the Gutenberg version does not have the preface that the Google Books version had. Which is fine with me.... What would you suggest?
Should I go ahead and record the preface as section 00 even though it doesn't appear on the Gutenberg link? Or should we just delete section 00, skip the preface, and start with Chapter 1 and section 01?
I'll leave it up to you. Thanks again for all of your help.
Also, do I need to request a the URL and login info for the BC admin system in order to access the Magic Window? I'd like to put in some information about word count so that I'll know (and you'll know) what I'm getting myself into before recording each section.
I'm also a DPL on another project and need to access the Magic Window to put in notes, etc. Anyway, I'm not sure who I'm supposed to request that from.
Thanks for all of your help. The rate of my question-asking will slow down after this one.
Tim
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Mark Jackson wrote:Just a cheer for your selection to record one of my favorite books. Thanks, I'm looking forward to hearing. I hope you get lots of encouragement!
Thanks Mark! I'm looking forward to working on it.
Tim
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