Description |
xxiv, 218 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue / Steve Fishman and Lucille McCarthy -- pt. 1. The philosophy of hope / Steve Fishman -- 1. Constructing a Deweyan theory of hope -- 2. Dewey in dialogue with Gabriel Marcel : hope with and without God -- 3. Dewey in dialogue with Paulo Freire : hope, education, and democracy -- 4. Dewey in dialogue with positive psychology and C.R. Snyder : the mortality and politics of hope -- 5. Conclusion to part 1 : highlights of a Deweyan theory of hope -- -- pt. 2. The practice of hope / Lucille McCarthy -- 6. Teaching a course on hope -- 7. Undergraduates in a course on hope -- 8. Conclusion to part 2 : highlights of the classroom study -- Final reflections / Steve Fishman and Lucille McCarthy -- Appendix A : Classroom research methods / Lucille McCarthy -- Appendix B : Creating a syllabus for a course on hope / Steve Fishman -- Appendix C : Syllabus, essay guidelines, and homework assignments / Steve Fishman -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index |
Summary |
Combines philosophical theory with a study of its effects in an actual classroom. To understand how Dewey, one of the century's foremost philosophers of education, understood the concept of hope, Fishman begins with theoretical questions like: What is hope? What are its objects? How can hope foster a new understanding of democracy and social justice? The book's second half is a classroom study that mirrors in practice what Fishman explores in theory, as McCarthy observes Fishman's undergraduate students reading the theorists. Illustrating students' own vital engagement with the hope literature, McCarthy reveals how the discussions deepen student understandings, simultaneously showing education's power to promote hope and turn social ideals into reality. [from publisher description] |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index |
Subject |
Dewey, John, 1859-1952
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Hope
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Author |
McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson, 1944-
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LC no. |
2007005069 |
ISBN |
9780252032004 |
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0252032004 |
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