Abstract: Sharism，as a core concept of Dewey’sideas，pervades his academic thought system. In Democracy and Education，Dewey reveals the formation path of community communication leads to a common understanding which further leads to a community. Communication is a means by which people have similar emotional and intellectual tendencies；it safeguards the formation of common understanding and is the precondition of a unity. The bidirectional interaction of communication makes the forming process of a community one in which social life renews and continues，experience is constructed，and a democratic society takes shape. Therefore，community and communication are ties between Dewey’s theories of social life，experience，and democracy. Meanwhile，education in a broad sense penetrates Dewey’sthoughts on community，the continuity of life，the renewal of experience，and the formation of a democratic society. Thus，he establishes a theory that integrates education and democracy. Dewey has presented a prospect of sharism：from a“big society”of material sharing to a“community”of value，spirit，and civilization sharing. In the formation of the community，abidirectional education in a broad sense is the means to achieve sharism. The Deweyan sharism is rich in educational values，and sharism with its educational value should be reconstructed so as to better promote educational practice.

Key words: communication；social life；experience；democracy；education in a broad sense