Dewey’s echoes: about the relation among education, science and democracy

Abstract

This essay exposes the John Dewey’s conception of the education for sciences and its relation with the democratic formation. This exposition promotes a criticism of the tra- ditional pedagogical paradigm and a reconsideration of Dewey’s position in a world of many information technological possibilities. This paper has six parts: 1.) the promise of modern science as the promise of democratic emancipation. 2.) The connection of the promise of modern science with the education. 3.) The democracy as ethos. 4.) The justification of education in the school after of the information revolution. 5.) The justification of education for sciences today and its relation with democracy as ethos. 6.) Considerations for to open the door to other edu- cation of the sciences.

Keywords

• educación para las ciencias
• formación democrática
• crítica de la educación tradicional
• John Dewey
• Escuela Nueva