John Dewey view on education

1. “Education is a social process;
education is growth; education is
not preparation for life but is life
itself.”

2. BIOGRAPHY
• Born 1859, Burlington, Vermont, USA. Died 1952.
• John was the third child.
• At the age of fifth teen he graduated from high school.
• He went to University of Vermont and he graduated second in his class at
1878 with a major in philosophy.
• Dewey read the works of Charles Darwin which had a great influence in
Dewey's life works.
• He is an American philosopher and regarded as the foremost educator of
his day.
• He is an educator who, with Charles Peirce and William James, was a
founder of the school of philosophy known as "pragmatism."
• A leader of the progressive movement in education in the United States.
• He also wrote about many other topics, including
experience, nature, art, logic, inquiry, democracy, and ethics.
• Books :
– "Democracy and Education" (1916)
– "Logic" (1938)
– "Experience and Education" (1938).
• Rejected authoritarian teaching methods.
(adapted from the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia (1991) - Columbia University Press)

3. HIS VIEW ON EDUCATION
• Pragmatism (Knowledge that can be required
through human relationship with
the natural surroundings)
• Dewey believed that students should be
involved in real-life tasks and challenges
• For Dewey, education also a broader social
purpose

4. • Regarded education in a democracy as a tool
to enable the citizen to integrate his or her
culture and vocation usefully
• Nowadays, students are taken to fieldtrip,
practice Physical Education(PE), learn
Integrated Living Skill and Visual Art in their
classes and getting involve in clubs( interact
club, art club)

5. IMPACT
1. In one particular book, Democracy and
Education, Dewey outlines education as a
social process and describes the idea of
school as a method for preparing students
to function as members of a society.
2. He make a brief overview of historical
educational theories and there role in
shaping the structure of schools.
“Any education given by a group tends to socialize its
members, but the quality and value of the socialization
depends upon the habits and aims of the group.”

6. • 3. His theory on educating a group to
socialize are the idea that guided schools to
create curriculums with learner outcomes in
mind until today.
“Diversity of stimulation means novelty, and novelty
means challenge to thought.”
• 4. He used different modes of instruction is
one way to keep the brain active, as shown
in modern brain scans.
• John Dewey offers amazing insights into the
nature of learning and the role of
socialization throughout history helped in this
new political era.

7. CONCLUSION
John Dewey introduced pragmatism which is a
knowledge that can be required through the
natural surroundings. This help student’s to be
more active and use their body to move
around. According in pragmatism it will be
easier, more interesting and more meaningful
to students because the lesson was planned
according to the requirement and interest. His
perspectives on education could serve as a
foundation for the future methods of the
learning process.

8. THE END