Democratic Education and the Teacher-As-Prophet

This volume aims to reveal how Dewey's notion of the religious-understood as faith in the human relational condition-offers a way to think differently about the aims and purposes of education. By catalysing the religious work of schools-understood not as teaching religion, but as a process of social unification.

Jeffery W. Dunn received a PhD (2017) in Leadership and Policy: Philosophy of Education from the Ohio State University, USA.

Introduction Chapter 1: The Problem of Neoliberalism in Education Chapter 2: Religion in Schools as a Solution Chapter 3: John Dewey and the 'Religious' Work of Schools Chapter 4: The Teacher as Prophet Chapter 5: The Prophetic Work of the Teacher Conclusion Appendix A: Neoliberal Tenets Appendix B: Dewey's Terminology