%0 Journal Article
%T Reconstruction of the democratic experience: democracy as a pedagogical belief in Dewey¡¯s philosophy
%A Altair Alberto F¨¢vero
%A Carina Tonieto
%J Pr¨¢xis Educativa
%D 2012
%I Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
%X The present article aims at reconstructing and analyzing the reasons that led the American educator John Dewey to elect democracy as the pedagogical belief of his educational philosophy. In order to do so, fi rstly our work will briefl y retrace the origins of democracy at the Greek paideia, in order to analyze the reasons that led Deweyto choose democracy as the main reference of his pedagogical belief. Finally, we will discuss the democratic concept of education on Dewey¡¯s work Democracy and Education and the reasons why the author uses science, philosophy, and education as instruments of reconstruction of the democracy.
%K Democratic experience
%K Pragmatism
%K Educational policies. Philosophy
%U http://www.revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/2723/2814