John Ryder has been a professor and a senior administrator at several universities in the US and abroad. While teaching at the State University of New York Cortland, he developed a master’s level course in the philosophy of education. He is the author or editor of over one hundred publications, as well as a former President of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy.

• IntroductionPart IChapter 1: Reality, the Good, and the State: Plato’s RepublicChapter 2: Nature and the Individual: Rousseau’s EmileChapter 3: Experience and Democracy: Dewey’s Democracy and EducationChapter 4: Domination and Liberation: Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedPart IIChapter 5: Education and Its ProblemsChapter 6: Education in Context: Nature, Knowledge, and ExperienceChapter 7: Education in Context: Society and the StateConclusionNotesBiographical Sketches

Ryder’s book is pivotal. Higher education is experiencing declining support and increased interference. Response to this crisis will shape our nation’s future. Success is likely if we follow Ryder’s suggested pathways: understanding the history of education, affirming that student talent is universal without cultural boundaries, and the development of individual autonomy and social responsibility.

John Ryder has been a professor and a senior administrator at several universities in the US and abroad. While teaching at the State University of New York Cortland, he developed a master’s level course in the philosophy of education. He is the author or editor of over one hundred publications, as well as a former President of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy.

• IntroductionPart IChapter 1: Reality, the Good, and the State: Plato’s RepublicChapter 2: Nature and the Individual: Rousseau’s EmileChapter 3: Experience and Democracy: Dewey’s Democracy and EducationChapter 4: Domination and Liberation: Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedPart IIChapter 5: Education and Its ProblemsChapter 6: Education in Context: Nature, Knowledge, and ExperienceChapter 7: Education in Context: Society and the StateConclusionNotesBiographical Sketches

Ryder’s book is pivotal. Higher education is experiencing declining support and increased interference. Response to this crisis will shape our nation’s future. Success is likely if we follow Ryder’s suggested pathways: understanding the history of education, affirming that student talent is universal without cultural boundaries, and the development of individual autonomy and social responsibility.

John Ryder has been a professor and a senior administrator at several universities in the US and abroad. While teaching at the State University of New York Cortland, he developed a master’s level course in the philosophy of education. He is the author or editor of over one hundred publications, as well as a former President of the Alliance of Universities for Democracy.

• IntroductionPart IChapter 1: Reality, the Good, and the State: Plato’s RepublicChapter 2: Nature and the Individual: Rousseau’s EmileChapter 3: Experience and Democracy: Dewey’s Democracy and EducationChapter 4: Domination and Liberation: Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedPart IIChapter 5: Education and Its ProblemsChapter 6: Education in Context: Nature, Knowledge, and ExperienceChapter 7: Education in Context: Society and the StateConclusionNotesBiographical Sketches

Ryder’s book is pivotal. Higher education is experiencing declining support and increased interference. Response to this crisis will shape our nation’s future. Success is likely if we follow Ryder’s suggested pathways: understanding the history of education, affirming that student talent is universal without cultural boundaries, and the development of individual autonomy and social responsibility.