Experience and Educationis the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education(Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of his intervening experience with the progressive schools and in the light of the criticisms his theories had received. Analysing both "traditional" and "progressive" education, Dr. Dewey here insists that neither the old nor the new education is adequate and that each is miseducative because neither of them applies the principles of a carefully developed philosophy of experience. Many pages of this volume illustrate Dr. Dewey's ideas for a philosophy of experience and its relation to education. He particularly urges that all teachers and educators looking for a new movement in education should think in terms of the deeped and larger issues of education rather than in terms of some divisive "ism" about education, even such an "ism" as "progressivism." His philosophy, here expressed in its most essential, most readable form, predicates an American educational system that respects all sources of experience, on that offers a true learning situation that is both historical and social, both orderly and dynamic.

经验与教育 = Experience and education

Preparing the books to read every day is enjoyable for many people. However, there are still many people who also don't like reading. This is a problem. But, when you can support others to start reading, it will be better. One of the books that can be recommended for new readers is experience and education. This book is not kind of difficult book to read. It can be read and understand by the new readers.

Experience and Education.

The present historical moment may seem a particularly inopportune time to review Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam's latest exploration of civic decline in America. After all, the outpouring of volunteerism, solidarity, patriotism, and self-sacrifice displayed by Americans in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks appears to fly in the face of Putnam's central argument: that \"social capital\" -defined as \"social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them\" (p. 19)'has declined to dangerously low levels in America over the last three decades. However, Putnam is not fazed in the least by the recent effusion of solidarity. Quite the contrary, he sees in it the potential to \"reverse what has been a 30to 40-year steady decline in most measures of connectedness or community.\"' As an example of how the current \"war on terrorism\" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says \"permanently marked\" the generation that lived through it and had a \"terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century.\" 3 If Americans can follow this example and channel their current civic

Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community

Building Leadership Effectiveness This program encourages leaders to develop practices that transform values into action, vision into realities, obstacles into innovations, and risks into rewards. Participants will be introduced to the five practices of exemplary leadership: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart Coaching & Communicating for Performance Coaching & Communicating for Performance is a highly interactive program that will give supervisors and managers the opportunity to build skills that will enable them to share expectations and set objectives for employees, provide constructive feedback, more effectively engage in learning conversations, and coaching opportunities. Skillful Conflict Management for Leaders As a leader, it is important to understand conflict and be effective at conflict management because the way conflict is resolved becomes an integral component of our university’s culture. This series of conflict management sessions help leaders learn and put into practice effective strategies for managing conflict.

기독교 사역과 Leadership

Course Description In this course, we will explore the question of the actual and potential connections between democracy and education. Our focus of attention will be placed on a critical examination of democratic theory and its implications for the civic education roles and contributions of teachers, adult educators, community development practitioners, and community organizers. We will survey and deal critically with a range of competing conceptions of democracy, variously described as classical, republican, liberal, radical, marxist, neomarxist, pragmatist, feminist, populist, pluralist, postmodern, and/or participatory. Using narrative inquiry as a means for illuminating and interpreting contemporary practice, we will analyze the implications of different conceptions of democracy for the practical work of civic education.

Democracy and education.

IntroductionBuilding capacity and expanding services are difficult tasks for nonprofits, particularly if they are younger and smaller. The administrative and financial tasks and delivery of services can easily overwhelm administrators and volunteers. Nonprofits can be established and dissolved easily especially when they lack the human, intellectual, social, and physical capitals necessary to develop and sustain an organization. Capacity building efforts help them reach the missing components for their survival and growth; yet, most of the time they need external support for building capacity (Kapucu, 2012; Kapucu, Augustin, & Krause, 2007).There are different capacity building opportunities for nonprofits helping for better service delivery. Federal, state, and local governments act as nonprofit incubators and provide financial and physical resources, and management consulting via various programs (Hu, Kapucu, & O'Bryne, 2014). Furthermore, nonprofits develop capacity through the collaborative ties they build with their environment. There is a rich literature on the relationship between nonprofits and their environment. Nonprofit organizations' formal and informal ties with the public organizations and other nonprofits help them gain legitimacy, access additional resources, and build capacity over time (Gazley, 2008; Guo & Acar, 2005).Collaborative ties are not formed in a vacuum and understanding the factors influencing how nonprofits build collaborative ties can set the ground work for devising better managerial decisions. There are studies examining the collaboration between government agencies and nonprofits (Gazley & Brudney, 2007), preferential attachments patterns of nonprofits (Guo & Acar, 2005; Harrow, 2011), and collaborative dyadic tie building patterns of nonprofits in general, or relationship between bigger nonprofits and smaller ones (Guo & Acar, 2005). In this study, we concentrate on the collaborative relationships among small nonprofits and try to explain some of the predictors of their collaborative tie building. The literature on collaborative tie building highlights two major predictors: past collaborations and friendships (Isset & Provan, 2005). Following the footsteps of the earlier studies, we examine the role of past collaborations and friendship on new collaborations for small and younger nonprofits. Specifically, in this study, we try to answer the following research question: what relative roles do informal (friendship) ties and past collaboration ties play in the formation of new ties between small nonprofits and their environment? Given the study's focus on collaborative network ties, practitioners and researchers of nonprofit managers could use the findings in understanding how to foster organizational ties with the environment and enhance organizational capacity.We examined small nonprofit organizations in Florida that participated in Strengthening Communities Funds (SCF), a federally funded project aiming to increase the capacities of small nonprofits in economically depressed regions. The program was conducted by the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). The purpose of the program was to provide technical, managerial, and financial trainings, as well as financial support in the form of small grants ($30,000 total) to the participants. In other words, the center served as a nonprofit incubator. This research also contributes understanding of how small nonprofits build collaborative ties. Findings of the study can guide policy makers and nonprofit managers nurture their organizations, avoid their demise, and help them grow successfully.The paper is organized as follows: section one presents the theoretical rationale behind this research and the hypotheses being tested; section two provides an overview of the Strengthening Communities Funds and context of the study; and section three provides a detailed explanation of the methodology and the statistical procedures we followed in this research. …

A Social Network Analysis Approach to Strengthening Nonprofit Collaboration

It is generally accepted that all administrative agencies need a combination of transactional and transformational leaders; this is no different in emergency management agencies. However, until recently there has been relatively little study regarding the exact nature of transformational leadership in emergency management. Do standard concepts of transformational leadership apply? We used the case of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to explore this issue. Further, because of the time series data available when the agency studied was going through significant changes, we pose a further question: Do “shocks” to an agency significantly affect notions of transformational leadership? Structural equation modeling is conducted to examine and measure transformational leadership behaviors and explore how they relate to public employees' perceptions of leadership effectiveness as reported by the 2002, 2006, and 2008 Federal Human Capital Surveys (FHCS).

Examining the Role of Transformational Leadership in Emergency Management: The Case of FEMA

Community-based research (CBR) is an approach used by researchers in partnership with practitioners and community members to tackle complex social problems for the betterment of society. Its applic...

Community-Based Research in Generating Usable Knowledge for Public Policy and Administration

In this chapter we discuss the goals and organization of the book and provide our perspectives and defi nitions of vulnerability, hazards, and resilience. We also describe, in detail, the data and methods utilized and conclude with a brief description of each chapter and the research gap the book is fi lling, particularly the analysis of the perception for the personnel responsible for disaster response and emergency management in Florida.

Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience

Disasters impact communities and individuals and disrupt social-technical systems and community functions. Consequences of disasters can be minimized if communities and people reduce their vulnerabilities and increase their resilience. Disaster response received significant attention from the researchers and practitioners alike. In a sense it is easy to study short term disaster response. Investment in immediate disaster response also makes sense for policy makers. Unfortunately research on disaster recovery is very limited and it is considered the ignored phase of emergency management and existing knowledge and applied research of this phase is seriously lagging behind compared to what is required today. Disaster recovery is usually perceived and understood as a slow phase that begins after critical decisions and needs are met after a disaster. There is also a perceived notion that the government agencies at all levels have committed resources more to disaster response and relief efforts and less to recovery (and mitigation) efforts. Thus it is important to pay heed to this crucial phase of managing disasters. Recovery is a long process that offers ample opportunity to rebuild and redevelop resilient and sustainable communities. The chapter highlights that a shared effort to redevelop, restore, and rebuild a community requires effective intergovernmental and cross-sector collaboration and cooperation. Recent recovery experiences in the US, especially post-Katrina, have shown a considerable lack of coordination between different government agencies as well as political conflicts in planning and executing recovery efforts. The complex nature of recovery planning and efforts requires pre-disaster and post-disaster collaboration between different stakeholders including private, public, nonprofit organizations and citizens. This chapter focuses on collaborative governance principles applied to disaster recovery using the recent National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) in the U.S. as an example. The development of NDRF is also included briefly in the chapter. This chapter is important to gauge the usefulness of a national level recovery framework. This framework may assist in altering the general perception about the Federal government’s lack of effort and planning towards disaster recovery.

Naim Kapucu

Papers

A Social Network Analysis Approach to Strengthening Nonprofit Collaboration

Examining the Role of Transformational Leadership in Emergency Management: The Case of FEMA

Community-Based Research in Generating Usable Knowledge for Public Policy and Administration

Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience

Collaborative Governance and Disaster Recovery: The National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) in the U.S.