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...
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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
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Since changes are going on anyway, the great thing is to learn enough about them so that we will be able to lay hold of them and turn them in the direction of our desires. Conditions and events are neither to be fled from nor passively acquiesced in; they are to be utilized and directed.
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To be a recipient of a communication is to have an enlarged and changed experience.
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Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
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Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life but is life itself.
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Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
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School is not preparation for life, but school is life
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The deepest urge in human nature is "the desire to be important
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Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.
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Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society.
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We only think when we are confronted with a problem