Dewey, Philosophy of Education

How is a philosophy defined in this chapter (p. 344)?
How does Dewey explain the continuity (maintenance) of community and society? (p. bottom of p. 345, bottom of 351)
Why are this definition of philosophy and his understanding of the continuity of society important to understanding his relation between education and democracy?
(Write a 4-5 sentence paragraph.)

At the bottom of p. 348, Dewey writes about the importance of keeping philosophic issues close to “the life situations.” He further writes, “The business of schooling tends to become a routine empirical affair unless its aims and methods are animated by such a broad and sympathetic survey of its place in contemporary life as it is the business of philosophy to provide. Positive science always implies practically the ends which the community is concerned to achieve. Isolated from such ends, it is a matter of indifference whether its disclosures are used to cure disease or to spread it; to increase the means of sustenance of life or to manufacture war material to wipe life out.” (349)
Introduce yourself by name and major. Then write a paragraph about how your major or general studies at Longwood have prepared you to participate as a citizen in public life. How does your field of study set you up to engage “the ends which [your] community is concerned to achieve”?

Next Assignment

Read this short introductory reading to the common good and its challenges.
1. Your post: Write a 5-6 sentence discussion contribution that includes the following elements:

Write down the definition of the common good that is used in this online article (i.e. John Rawls’s).
Then come up with an example of the common good (either one listed in the reading or a different one). Explain why this is an example of the common good. Note: Preferably, you come up with a common good that’s different from the examples that have already been posted.
How important is this common good to you? Very important, somewhat important, or not as important as it seems to be to others?  How come?
Describe how one challenge (pluralism, free-rider, or individualism) affects this common good in the United States.

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/the-common-good/