author
Boyd Henry Bode
1873–1953
A leading voice in American educational philosophy, this early champion of pragmatism argued that schools should help build democratic habits, not just pass along fixed ideas.
1 Audiobook
Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
by John Dewey, Boyd Henry Bode, Harold Chapman Brown, Horace Meyer Kallen, George H. Mead, Addison Webster Moore, Henry Waldgrave Stuart, James Hayden Tufts
About the author
Bode’s writing focused on the idea that education should prepare people for thoughtful participation in a democratic society. He died in Gainesville, Florida, in 1953, but his work remains part of the history of debates over what schools are for and how education shapes public life.