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...
confronted problem
We only think when we are confronted with a problem
half problem significant
It is a familiar and significant saying that a problem well put is half-solved.
discovery problem identification
The outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself
educational kind problem
The central problem of an education based upon experience is to select the kind of present experience that live fruitfully and creatively in subsequent experiences.
community improvement problem
The problem is to extract the desirable traits of forms of community life which actually exist, and employ them to criticize undesirable features and suggest improvement
quality way problem
It is commonplace that a problem stated is well on its way to solution, for statement of the nature of a problem signifies that the underlying quality is being transformed into determinate distinctions of terms and relations or has become an object of articulate thought.
real thinking problem
The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.
half problem wells
a problem well put is half solved.
life school
School is not preparation for life, but school is life
eat
We eat out all the time, and you have no idea what you're eating.
action associate behind capacity chaos freedom naturally
We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos
aim education enable improve load memory rather teach thoughts thoughts-and-thinking
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think -- rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.
fitted happiness key opportunity secure
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness
fitted happiness key opportunity secure
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure and opportunity to do it is the key to happiness