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He viewed the mind and its formation as a communal process.

For Dewey, this distinction was largely a false one. He saw Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overemphasizing the society in which the individual lived. In this book Dewey sought at once synthesize, criticize, and expand upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Rousseau and Plato. In this regard he sought to develop strategies and methods for training students through learning and discipline to become socially responsible adults. Democracy for Dewey was both a means and an end to the building of a good and just society. Dewey's classic work, although tedious at times, is a cogent and landmark exposition of progressive educational theory. This book is a classic text in the history of American Education. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.