Discontinuity in Learning Dewey, Herbart, and education as transformation

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"In this groundbreaking book, Andrea R. English challenges common assumptions by arguing that discontinuous experiences, such as uncertainty and struggle, are essential to the learning process. To make this argument, Dr. English draws from the works of two seminal thinkers in philosophy of education - nineteenth-century German philosopher J.F. Herbart and American Pragmatist John Dewey. English's analysis considers Herbart's influence on Dewey, inverting the accepted interpretation of Dewey's thought as a dramatic break from modern European understandings of education." Prologue. Why Herbart and Dewey? Part I. Education, Discontinuity, and Transformation: 1. The moral dimension of education 2. The problem of continuity, the need for struggle, the role of tact 3. Discontinuity and educational openings in learning 4. Teaching in the openings of learning 5. Conclusion: morality, democracy, and pluralist society Part II. Teaching and Learning Forgotten?: 6. Revisiting 'learning in-between' and umlernen 7. Pedagogical tact: learning to teach 'in-between' 8. Perfectibility and recognition of the other for education Epilogue. Should teachers think? Re(dis)covering the meaning of philosophy for the education of teachers.