EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN A PERIOD OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE

The observation of the present global scene raises questions about the socioeconomic, political and cultural framework laying the ground for a constructive interaction between the three forces which greatly determine people's existence and survival, namely Development, Democracy and Education, In this approach reference is made to John Dewey's ''classical remarks'' about the interrelation between Democracy and Education. They are examined in the light of specific historical conditions which are exemplified by references to the history of the ''Bohemian Lands'' and the first Czechoslovak Republic as well as by a critical view of current events, revealing the ''anti-human perversion of Dewey's model''.