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  • He envisions "" giant bookmobiles with mentors '' and "" read-athons in union halls '' and "" math-athons in veterans 'halls' 'and a program to get discarded computers to the poor, and his is surely the only Senate office where the name John Dewey is heard.

    Political Unitarianism 2008

  • An educator by the name of John Dewey 1859-1952 believed in something known as

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Alton Lu 2011

  • While she was widely lauded for her efforts and leadership, her work was mapped onto conventional gender understandings: male philosophers such as John Dewey,

    Jane Addams Hamington, Maurice 2007

  • I would recommend reading pairs of books together, such as John Dewey's "A Common Faith" and some of James Luther Adams' writings, as collected in "The Essential JLA".

    Mike Hogue on recovering the roots of Religious Liberalism Bill Baar 2006

  • Pragmatists, such as John Dewey, William James and Jane Addams, were interested in the intersection of theory and practice, bringing philosophic thinking into relationship with the social and political environment.

    Pragmatist Feminism Whipps, Judy 2004

  • She developed her pragmatist philosophies through her experiences working in the poverty-stricken immigrant neighborhoods in Chicago, working and thinking cooperatively with the talented women who lived at Hull House, as well through reflection on texts and direct dialogue with philosophers of her time such as John Dewey, William James, Leo Tolstoy and W.E.B. DuB.is.

    Pragmatist Feminism Whipps, Judy 2004

  • And there is nothing radical about the child-centred pedagogies of educationalists such as John Dewey, one of the founders of the progressive schooling movement.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • '' 'John Dewey' '' (1859-1952) was a major American philosopher and a leading [[liberal]] commentator on public affairs.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • '' 'John Dewey' '' (1859-1952) was a major American philosopher and a leading [[liberal]] commentator on public affairs.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • '' 'John Dewey' '' (1859-1952) was a major American philosopher and a leading [[liberal]] commentator on public affairs.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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