Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 134
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4758-6984-2 • Hardback • July 2023 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-4758-6985-9 • Paperback • July 2023 • $30.00 • (£25.00)
978-1-4758-6986-6 • eBook • May 2023 • $28.50 • (£19.99)
Latasha Holt PhD, is an assistant professor and assessment coordinator in education. She works with children and families, teachers, preservice teachers, and other members of the educational community to promote education, bridge theory and practice, and support the whole child.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: The Purpose of School
Chapter Two: Children at the Center
Chapter Three: How We Teach
Chapter Four: Curriculum
Chapter Five: Future Needs
Chapter Six: Preparing Teachers
Latasha Holt offers a wide-ranging and thoroughgoing analysis of contemporary issues in K-12 education and, in applying lessons from of one of America’s most respected educational philosophers, John Dewey, she provides bold, daring, and innovative strategies to address them. This book is essential reading for parents, teachers, academics, politicians, and anyone else interested in understanding how schools can function more effectively.
— John A. Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Revisiting John Dewey: Applying What He Said 100 Years Ago to Today’s Need is an insightful exploration of John Dewey’s vision for American education and how it has and has not been implemented over the decades. Latasha D. Holt has provided much-needed revisiting of the purpose of schools and the concepts we must consider moving forward.
— Bill Morelan, PhD, EDLD Program Director, Arkansas Tech University
Dewey’s work on education is interpreted and presented to a new generation of 21st century educators who deal with recent changes and issues in education. Latasha D. Holt offers a snapshot of the postmodern condition moving us to the reality of Dewey today.
— Timothy Leggett, EdD, Arkansas Tech University