Reviews for Women and folklore

The average rating for Women and folklore based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-01-20 00:00:00 Kanjanapol Kathong Worth the read if only because of how influential Dewey has been, but definitely a frustrating read. While he makes a lot of suggestions that are definitely good, particularly with regard to teaching hard science, he has a very particular philosophy running behind all his suggestions that he never fully explains. That wouldn't necessarily be frustrating, but in his case I think the shady presentation was intentional. He hides behind nebulous terms like "social good", and the few times his philosophy peaks through it points to ideas quite radical for the time. (Or maybe I should call them progressive) I got the sense he was trying to slip his philosophy to his audience on the sly, which makes it hard for me to respect him. On top of that, the bits of his philosophy that did come through reminded me of the N.I.C.E. in Lewis' "That Hideous Strength".

Review # 2 was written on 2014-07-14 00:00:00 Ned Kozlowski This was really, really good and I would recommend it to anyone who teaches at any level. Some previous reader of the library copy had written 'YES!' in the margins next to all the best passages, and I very much agree. Also just leaving a note for myself to come back to the chapter about how the different phases of the educational system came into being, because I thought that was a VERY useful way of understanding why the different grade levels, including the university, don't seem to be good at communicating with each other (short version: they emerged at different points of history in different places, had different values, and were designed to serve different purposes). Also note to self to type up quotes from it before I return the library copy!