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Theodore Brameld (20 January 1904 – 18 October 1987) was an American philosopher and educator who supported the educational philosophy of social reconstructionism. [1] His philosophy originated in 1928 when he enrolled as a doctoral student at the University of Chicago in the field of philosophy where he trained under the progressive philosopher and politician, T.V. Smith.
Harold Ordway Rugg (1886–1960) was an educational reformer in the early to mid 1900s, associated with the Progressive education movement.Originally trained in civil engineering at Dartmouth College (BS 1908 & CE 1909), Rugg went on to study psychology, sociology and education at the University of Illinois where he completed a doctoral dissertation titled "The Experimental Determination of ...
For Dewey, education, which regulates "the process of coming to share in the social consciousness," is the "only sure" method of ensuring social progress and reform (Dewey, 1897, para. 60). In this respect, Dewey foreshadows Social Reconstructionism, whereby schools are a means to reconstruct society. As schools become a means for social ...
Jack Cohen taught at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was awarded the Keter Shem Tov and a Doctor of Divinity degree by RRC in 2000. [6] He retired in 1984. Cohen founded the Kehillat Mevakshei Derech congregation in Jerusalem. It aimed to be a place for Jewish life and culture, based on the Reconstructionist ideals.
Political theorists want to use multicultural education to motivate social action. In this approach students are equipped with knowledge, values, and skills necessary to advocate and participate in social change. Teachers then serve as change agents, promoting relevant democratic values and empowering students to act. [5] Other goals include:
Gary Kilgore North (February 11, 1942 – February 24, 2022) was an American writer, Austrian School economic historian, and leading figure in the Christian reconstructionist movement. [1]
Christian reconstructionism is a fundamentalist Calvinist theonomic movement. [1] It developed primarily under the direction of R. J. Rushdoony, Greg Bahnsen and Gary North [2] and has had an important influence on the Christian right in the United States.
Dewey often described education as a mechanism for social change, stating that "education is a regulation of the process of coming to share in the social consciousness; and that the adjustment of individual activity on the basis of this social consciousness is the only sure method of social reconstruction". [56]