Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Copyright page / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Advance Praise for Dewey, Education, and the Mediterranean: Themes, Trails, and Traces / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Dedication Page / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Acknowledgements / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Notes on Contributors / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Introduction A Mediterranean Dewey … a Deweyan Mediterranean / Maura Striano and Ronald G. Sultana -- Chapter 1 Dewey and Democratic Lifelong Education / Kenneth Wain -- Chapter 2 Dewey’s Educational and Democratic Ideals -- Conditions for Implementation in Mediterranean Arab Countries / Radhi H. Al-Mabuk and Abdullah F. Alrebh -- Chapter 3 John Dewey’s Improbable Mediterraneity / John Baldacchino -- Chapter 4 An Indigenous Foreigner in Portugal -- John Dewey’s Latent Presence in the Early 20th Century Works of the New School Quartet / Jorge Ramos do Ó, Tomás Vallera, Tiago Almeida, António Henriques, and Ana Luísa Paz -- Chapter 5 Revisiting and Reimagining Schools for Shared Life and Peace in a Conflict-Ridden Region -- A Deweyan Lens / Khalid Arar and Anna Saiti -- Chapter 6 Dewey and the ‘Sheikh,’ or the Paradox of the Algerian School / Mohamed Miliani -- Chapter 7 Current Issues of Democracy and Education in Tunisia as Interpreted through Dewey’s Approach / Abdeljalil Akkari -- Chapter 8 Educational Institutions and John Dewey in Early 20th Century Egypt / Farida Makar -- Chapter 9 John Dewey’s Influence in Shaping Israel’s Educational Philosophy and Practice (1930s–2010s) / Gadi Bialik and Yuval Dror -- Chapter 10 The Effect of Dewey’s Educational Philosophy and Practice on the Palestinian Education System / Anwar Hussein-Abdel Razeq -- Chapter 11 John Dewey’s Impact on Greek Education and Pedagogical Thought / Dimitrios Foteinos and Michael Kassotakis -- Chapter 12 Learner-Centred Perspectives in School Curricula and Teacher Education -- The Impact of John Dewey’s Visit to Turkey in the Early Republican Era / Gökçe Gökalp and Ali Yildirim -- Chapter 13 John Dewey’s ‘Civilizing’ Mission and His Developmentalist Utopianism / Marianna Papastephanou -- Chapter 14 Schools of Tomorrow – Tomorrow’s Schools -- A Reading of a Maltese Document from a Deweyan Perspective / Daniela Mercieca and Duncan P. Mercieca -- Chapter 15 Dewey’s Impact on Italian Culture -- A Long-Lasting Influence / Maura Striano -- Chapter 16 Reconstructing Dewey, Rethinking Education -- The Legacy of John Dewey’s Educational Thought and the Development of the Sciences de l’Éducation in France Since 1967 / Samuel Renier -- Chapter 17 The Pedagogy of John Dewey in Spain -- Between Educational Innovation and Theoretical Challenge / José González-Monteagudo and Patricia Delgado-Granados.

There are few, if any, other educational philosophers that have left their mark internationally as John Dewey has. Author of 40 books and no less than 700 articles that appeared in over 140 journals, Dewey’s work has been translated into at least 35 languages. His landmark Democracy and Education – published over a century ago in 1916 – is one of the most cited educational texts ever. Dewey has inspired educators and provoked controversies in his day, and still does so today. This volume sets out to engage with Dewey’s educational thought, especially as it relates to its circulation in the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. Authors consider his enduring influence, and reflect on the ‘push’ and ‘pull’ forces that served to anchor progressivism, in its multiple manifestations, in the region. The notion of a unidirectional force – personified by Dewey – that is somehow absorbed by the ‘receiving’ country is problematised by most if not all chapters in this volume. Rather, contributors carefully show how context affects a process marked by active appropriation, re-interpretation, adaptation, as well as resistance. Sometimes a vibrant presence that still needs to be reckoned with, at other times a ghostly figure nevertheless serving to sustain democratic aspirations in and through education, Dewey and his message resonate, challenge, and demand a response.

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