... demands self-direction as opposed to authoritarian imposition" (pp. 151). The Educational Philosophy and Definitions of Dewey One of Dewey's greatest contributions to education came through his magnum opus, "Democracy and Education," published in 1916. The idea that it could be beneficial for a child to be involved in setting goals and making decisions was a radical concept but definitely a concept ... understanding his own experience has given him. No sooner, however, are such things said than there is a tendency to react to the other extreme and take what has been said as a plea or s...

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... the ideas that shaped the way teachers carried out their work. Schön (1983) claims that teachers need to recognise the "complexity, uncertainty, instability, uniqueness and value-conflict" (p.39, as cited in Hoban & Hastings, 2006, p.1007) of a teaching setting and 'frame' and 'reframe' their practice accordingly. In order to describe the way that teachers see the environment in which they work and the ... but that students often define their needs in terms of the easiest ways of doing things which is not always in the best interests of themselves or their learning (Brookfield,...

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