John Dewey
John Dewey
John Deweywas an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the founders of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Dewey as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. Although Dewey...
shadow bigs big-business
Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business.
goal psychology action
Purposeful action is thus the goal of all that is truly educative.
mistake failure thinking
We only think when we are confronted with problems.
inspirational education mean
Education, in its broadest sense, is the means of this social continuity of life.
school literature slave
The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a perversion.
important purpose
While every social arrangement is educative in effect, the educative effect first becomes an important part of the purpose of the association in connection with the association of the older with the younger.
religious attitude thinking
The intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear.... For this reason I do not think that those who are concerned about the future of a religious attitude should trouble themselves about the conflict of science with traditional doctrines.
teacher teaching successful
Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone's knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.
thinking progress world
Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.
greek ancient-greek ancient
The life of the ancient Greeks and Romans has profoundly influenced our own, and yet the ways in which they affect us do not present themselves on the surface of our ordinary experiences.
art civilization long
As long as art is the beauty parlor of civilization, neither art nor civilization is secure.
education self-education
Education is life itself.
thinking needs isms
For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive, constructive survey of actual needs, problems, and possibilities.
everyday everyday-life select
Written symbols are even more artificial or conventional than spoken; they cannot be picked up in accidental intercourse with others. In addition, the written form tends to select and record matters which are comparatively foreign to everyday life.