Religion, Public Education, and Dewey's Call for an "Intelligent" Theory of Education.

Milligan, Jeffrey Ayala

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Publication Date: 1996

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Religion, Public Education, and Dewey's Call for an "Intelligent" Theory of Education.

Milligan, Jeffrey Ayala

Educational Foundations, v10 n3 p69-83 Sum 1996

This paper examines Dewey's notions about an intelligent theory of education, focusing on a college student who explored the question of why scientists and schools accept evolutionary science rather than creation science, and discussing what a democratic education system can do with an alternative epistemology. (SM)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Creationism, Democratic Values, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Higher Education, Intellectual Freedom, Public Education, Religion, State Church Separation, Trust (Psychology), Values Education

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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