John Dewey as 'Negative Example': A Chinese Story

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  • John Gardner Faculty of Economic & Social Studies, University of Manchester, Manchester, England

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v13i1.43786

Résumé

The article deals with an unusual critique of Dewey, written by Chou Jung-hsin, China's Minister of Ed ucat ion in 1975 . The article shows the significance of the Minis ter's criticisms lay in the fact that he was resorting to a traditional Chinese technique of "attack by a nalogy", and that his real aim was to protest against ultra-leftism in Chinese educational policy.

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2018-05-11

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