And The Continuing Struggle For Critical Democratic Pedagogy By John Dewey

While reading the chapter “Vocational Education and the Continuing Struggle for Critical Democratic Pedagogy,” I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with John Dewey. I found David Snedden’s perspective very impractical because his model of vocational training seemed to entail creating human robots who don’t have much choice in their future career path. Dewey and those who agreed with his idea that people should be trained to be citizen who are fully aware of their role in society and are active in creating a better society while working a job that they enjoy seems to be the best model of vocational training. Dewey’s model of vocational education would create adults who are responsible, productive, and happy members of society. In addition