In this essay, firstly I agree with Peters on his point that Dewey's political democracy reveals his idea of education as a public good suggested in the newly discovered Dewey's Lectures, and I highlight Dewey's idea of relationship between political democracy and education. Secondly, for Peters’ puzzle about Dewey's lack of discussion in this lecture concerning the students’ action in the May 4th Movement, I present Dewey's such kind of discussion from another lecture series given at Beijing. Finally, with the notion of “narrative learning”, I echo Peters’ comment regarding Deweyan mode of thinking as the only way of understanding about thinking.
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