{"id":9813,"date":"2023-03-29T06:56:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T06:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/norrag-ambedkar-dewey-and-the-evolution-of-pragmatism-in-india\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T06:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T06:56:58","slug":"norrag-ambedkar-dewey-and-the-evolution-of-pragmatism-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/fr\/norrag-ambedkar-dewey-and-the-evolution-of-pragmatism-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"NORRAG : Ambedkar, Dewey, and the Evolution of Pragmatism in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thursday, 30 March 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n 11:30 AM New York time, 5:30 PM Geneva time, 9:00 PM New Delhi time\u00a0\u2013 the event lasts 90 minutes<\/p>\n Teachers College, Milbank Chapel,\u00a0525 West 120th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many know that Bhimrao Ambedkar, chief architect of India\u2019s constitution and powerful proponent of rights and respect for India\u2019s most oppressed, thought highly of John Dewey, his former teacher at Columbia University, New York. At this international symposium, the keynote speaker sheds light on Ambedkar\u2019s time in New York, detailing the two men\u2019s educational and intellectual relationship and Ambedkar\u2019s appropriation of Deweyan concepts and methods to forge a new vision of pragmatism.<\/p>\n The international symposium is organized by Teachers College, Columbia University and the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy, based at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Please attend the session, in person or by webinar, and listen to the short testimonies on Ambedkar and his legacy for today\u2019s right to education.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n