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Progressive Museum Practice : John Dewey and Democracy

Paperback • 2012 • English

Progressive Museum Practice : John Dewey and Democracy

By George E. Hein

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About the book

Preeminent museum education theorist George E. Hein explores the work, philosophy, and impact of educational reformer John Dewey and his importance for museums. Hein traces current practice in museum education to Dewey's early 20th-century ideas about education, democracy, and progress toward improving society, and in so doing provides a rare history of museum education as a profession. Giving special attention to the progressive individuals and institutions who followed Dewey in developing the ...Show more

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9781598744811

Publisher

Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Progressive Museum Practice : John Dewey and Democracy

Format

Paperback

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