Pragmatist Idea of Democracy in Education and Its Meaning for Educational Innovation in Vietnam Today

• Authors: Pham Kien Thi , Bui Dung Xuan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This paper uses the philosophical methods employed by Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey to formulate pragmatism’s basic ideas about education. The ideas proposed by the pragmatists are also used to compare and define their relationship between each other in order to create a new philosophy (theory) of democratic education. Based on the assumptions of pragmatism to show democracy in education, the paper explains the application of pragmatism to educational reform in Vietnam today. For pragmatism is to be what unites education.

Keywords

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Vietnam; democracy; education; philosophy; pragmatism

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 975-995

Dates

published

2021-12-30

Contributors

author

Pham Kien Thi

• University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8024-8679

author

Bui Dung Xuan

• Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8323-6443

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Notes

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DOI: 10.26385/SG.100441