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On the Importance of the Educational Experience

In Democracy and Education Dewey presents his views regarding the three functions of education . He gives the main function of education , these being (1 ) Education should simplify and the factors of the dispositions it wants to develop (2 ) Education should purify and idealize existing social customs , and (3 ) Education should create a wider and better balanced

environment which will influence the young (Dewey 37 . He notes that these stand as a requirement for enabling the development of a progressive and democratic society wherein he defines a progressive society as one in which individual variations are considered precious (thereby ) allowing for intellectual freedom and the play of diverse gifts and interests in its educational measure (Dewey 451 . Dewey 's views thereby relate the importance of the experience within educational institutions to that of ensuring democracy within a particular community . Since the foundations of democracy are that of liberty and equality , Dewey places emphasis on the necessity of ensuring that intellectual freedom may be practiced within the context of an institution that allows diversity

Within educational systems , an example of this can be seen in the practice of coeducation . As opposed to this view , however , Link Byfield in his article If Girls Can Succeed Only at the Expense of Boys , Maybe We Need Segregated Schools ' claims that...

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