JOHN DEWEY’S CHICAGO LABORATORY SCHOOL AS A “COMMUNITYCENTERED” INSTITUTION OF THE SECONDARY EDUCATION

Abstract

The article clarifies the peculiarities of John Dewey’s Chicago Laboratory School functioning as a “community-centered” institution of the secondary learning; the main directions of securing the organic unity of the individual and the society in the educational process of the school are singled out and substantiated. The innovative pedagogic ideas of J. Dewey which bore influence on the functioning and development of Chicago Laboratory School have been established.