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...
renewal
Every living being needs continually renewed, and education is simply the chief process by which renewal occurs.
aliens nurturing various
By various agencies, unintentional and designed, a society transforms uninitiated and seemingly alien beings into robust trustees of its own resources and ideals. Education is thus a fostering, a nurturing, a cultivating, process.
life inspiring education
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
equality term aim
The ultimate aim of production is not production of goods but the production of free human beings associated with one another on terms of equality.
realization demand method
If there is one conclusion to which human experience unmistakably points it is that democratic ends demand democratic methods for their realization.
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To the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo.
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To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure and 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 an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness