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Russell vs. Dewey on Education

Bertrand Russell and John Dewey, major philosophers of the twentieth century, shared many important views on education. However, it is both interesting and instructive to note their differences about the nature of content, the role of democracy in education and the process of individual development. Both philosophers were progressive educators who wanted schools to be experiential and secular. While many aspects of Dewey's thinking about schooling remain a definitive part of modern pedagogy, Russell's perspectives add dimensions missing from Dewey which were derived from Russell's unique life experiences and intellect. Bertrand Russell was interested in teaching and learning throughout most of his life. He wrote two major books on the subject Education and the Good Life in 1926 and Education and the Social Order in 1932. Between the writing of these two volumes he and his second wife, Dora Black, founded Beacon Hill School in 1927. Russell continued to write about education throughout his career. Almost every book of social commentary he produced contains at least a chapter on the subject. Russell published his first full book on education when he was past fifty years of age; he wrote it in celebration of having had two children with Dora. John, the first child, was born when Bertrand was forty-seven and at a point in his life when he had given up the idea that he would ever be a father. Education and the Good Life, like so much of Russell's writing, remains readable because it is clearly written. It contains reflections on how to create the best education for young children. In between the writing of this volume and the completion of his second book Education and the Social Order Russell and Dora opened their school. This second book is superior to the first because Russell had achieved what persons at my university call "the