Dewey's idea of "mutual national understanding" faces new challenges in the age of globalization, especially in education for global understanding. In this essay Naoko Saito aims to find an alternative idea and language for "mutual national understanding," one that is more attuned to the sensibility of our times. She argues for Stanley Cavell's…

Democracy is described as a desirable regulative framework for ordering the interrelations of different cultures. (GW)

Discusses the importance of a multicultural educational perspective in a democratic society, using Dewey's philosophy to find resources for transcending the Eurocentric/multicultural dichotomy while promoting education for a more pluralistic society. Dewey believed that the more groups shared interests and interacted freely, the better the…

Examines aspects of Dewey's position on the role of education in a democratic society, discussing the education of a whole person within the context of cultural diversity. Positions examined include the self and community, scientific method and dynamics of existence, experience and value, and education and multiculturalism. (SM)

This paper develops a theory of listening in democratic dialogs inspired by the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer and John Dewey. The theory requires the acknowledgement of a prominent role for risking and reconstructing social habits in open dialogs across gender, racial, and ethnic differences. (SM)