Fundamentals of John Dewey's concept of civic education

This theoretical study focuses on the philosophical, sociological and political fundamentals of John Dewey's concept of citizenship education. The starting point of this paper is the fact that Dewey's concept of citizenship education was one of the most important in this period, as well as the fact that its influence on the development of educational theory and practice and beyond is still present. The study is aimed at examining the substance of Dewey's basic ideas of civic education and within it the attitudes towards national identity, society and state. To achieve this goal, we started from the analysis of Dewey's vision of reconstruction, progress and the relationship between philosophy, education and society, and moved onto the issues of democratic methods, political and educational (neo) liberalism, freedom, the individual and individuality in society and education. We conclude that the role of civic education was indispensable and fundamental when it comes to the development of Dewey's view of the individual, society, state, democracy and education, and that impact of the two was reciprocal.