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Dewey's ideas were slower to be accepted in Britain than elsewhere. Reasonsfor this are considered under four headings: pedagogical, epistemological,social and political. Of these, only the pedagogical ideas elicited a modicumof support in the first half of the century. Developments after 1960,however, led to widespread implementation of Dewey's principles mainly inthe primary education sector.

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Darling, J., Nisbet, J. Dewey in Britain. Studies in Philosophy and Education 19, 39–52 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005213617167

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