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| − | '''John Dewey''' (1859-1952) was a philosopher of [[education]] who advocated | + | '''John Dewey''' (1859-1952) was a philosopher of [[education]] who advocated [[instrumentalism]] and is generally considered the father of Progressivism in education. He sought the reconstruction of society through education in which children learned for themselves from the environment rather than from teachers. |
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John Dewey (1859-1952) was a philosopher of education who advocated instrumentalism and is generally considered the father of Progressivism in education. He sought the reconstruction of society through education in which children learned for themselves from the environment rather than from teachers.
Quotes
- "education is all one with growing; it has no end beyond itself,"
- "education consists primarily of transmission through communication,"
- "education is a constant reorganizing or reconstructing of experience."