Dewey's beliefs regarding what education should look like has had a profound effect on the education system that we have today. His adherence to the idea of pragmatism, the belief that reality must be experienced to understand it and know the truth behind it, led him to believe students must take a hands on approach in order to learn properly. Unlike the traditional more authoritarian classroom setting, in which a teacher would stand at the front of the classroom and have kids memorize and regurgitate information, Dewey emphasized a more democratic approach. He thought that it was imperative for children to play an active role in their own education so that they could learn practical life skills and what it meant to be a productive member of society.
Dewey's impact on our education system can clearly be seen today. Memorization is very much de-emphasized, projects are much more common and different tactics are continuously implemented to try and give kids an opportunity to experience new things and partake in activities that interest them. You might not agree with Dewey's philosophy or you even might think his ideas were not implemented properly, but it cannot be denied the influence he has had.
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dewey
https://study.com/academy/lesson/john-dewey-on-education-impact-theory.html
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Great post Ari! John Dewey is not someone I had heard about and so I found your article very interesting particularly the part about his impact on the education system. When I look more into him I discovered he is a man of many talents. Dooley was not only involved in philosophy and educational reform fuck also teaching writing and politics. And some of his contributions were so big that in 1890 4 doing was made head of the philosophy department at university of Chicago until a number of years later when he was promoted to the director of its school education. After he left Chicago, he went to be a philosophy professor at Columbia and finally in 1930 retired from his teaching career with a prestigious title.
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Cool! I just finished writing a post on education in the 1800's, which is the era of this guy. It makes sense how he would be against the authoritarian education system very prevalent back then, your completely right on how schools back then worked. if you were to look further into this, you should research more on his concepts of pragmatism, it seems really interesting to me. Well done.
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