Reconstruction of the democratic experience:  democracy as a pedagogical belief in Dewey’s philosophy

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The present article aims at reconstructing and analyzing the reasons that led the American educator John Dewey to elect democracy as the pedagogical belief of his educational philosophy. In order to do so, firstly our work will briefly retrace the origins of democracy at the Greek paideia, in order to analyze the reasons that led Dewey to choose democracy as the main reference of his pedagogical belief. Finally, we will discuss the democratic concept of education on Dewey’s work Democracy and Education and the reasons why the author uses science, philosophy, and education as instruments of reconstruction of the democracy.

 

Keywords: Democratic experience. Pragmatism. Educational policies. Philosophy.

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  • Altair Alberto Fávero, University of Passo Fundo
    Doutor em Educação (Ufrgs), Mestre em Filosofia do Conhecimento (Pucrs), Especialista em Epistemologia das Ciências Sociais (UPF) e Graduado em Filosofia (UPF). É coordenador dos Estágios supervisionados do Curso de Filosofia, professor do Corpo docente permanente do Mestrado em Educação atuando na linha de Políticas Educacionais.
  • Carina Tonieto, University of Passo Fundo
    Graduada em Filosofia pela Universidade de Passo; Pós-graduada em Gestão Educacional pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Mestre em Educação pela Universidade de Passo Fundo. Docente de filosofia e sociologia na rede pública e privada. Atualmente é pesquisadora voluntária do Grupo de Pesquisa Pragmatismo, filosofia e educação: interfaces entre -experiência, reflexão e políticas de ensino na Universidade de Passo Fundo, Coordenadora Pedagógica de uma escola privada de Passo Fundo, pesquisador e assessora do Núcleo de Educação para o Pensar de Passo Fundo.

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2012-06-29

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2012)

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Reconstruction of the democratic experience:  democracy as a pedagogical belief in Dewey’s philosophy. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 179–197, 2012. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.7i1.0009. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/2723. Acesso em: 4 jun. 2026.

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