Materialism and Natural Events in Dewey's Developing Thought

Did Dewey Presage the 1989 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards?

The general theme of change in philosophy over time is due to traditional customs and beliefs failing to regulate society. This theme drove both John Dewey's Progressive Movement and the creation of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The remarkable similarity in thought between Dewey's writings and the...

Did Dewey Presage the 1989 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards?

The general theme of change in philosophy over time is due to traditional customs and beliefs failing to regulate society. This theme drove both John Dewey's Progressive Movement and the creation of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The remarkable similarity in thought between Dewey's writings and the...

The cost of materialism in a collectivistic culture: predicting risky behavior engagement in Chinese adolescents.

The goals of the current study were to examine whether (a) negative events mediate the relationship between materialism and risky behavior engagement and (b) materialism moderates the relationship between stress and engagement in risky behaviors in Chinese youth. At Time 1, 406 adolescents (ages 14-19) from Yue Yang, China, completed measures assessing engagement in risky behaviors and the occu...

Opiskelijakirjaston verkkojulkaisu 2006 The concept of experiential learning and John Dewey's theory of reflective thought and action

“Burn All Structures”; A Reflection on the Ideological Revision of Ehsan Tabari

Ehsan Tabari (1917-1989) is known as one of the founders of Tudeh party and the theoretician of that party. This causes the contemporary Historians attribute him as a Marxist, often evaluate his behavior and thoughts in ideological and party frameworks and not pay attention to individual characteristics in shaping his personality. While if we examine him as a writer, poet or historian, we can ...