Revisitando Dewey e Montessori a partir das caixas “progressistas”

Abstract

Dewey’s and Montessori’s complex thoughts have been the target of harsh criticism that usually arises from so-called progressive conceptions. Our goal is to revisit the complexity of both educational theories, based on these criticisms, by critically analyzing aspects which reduced them and ended up diluting the academic interest in them – both in Brazil and abroad. This theoretical reflection article establishes a dialogue between both educators, emphasizing the aspects that recognize the education subject as multi-dimensional, and some exclusions that have referred to regressive and limiting contents of new understandings of human emancipation, thus giving both authors’ contributions a new significance.