John Dewey's Laboratory School And Project Method

1. JOHN DEWEY’S
LABORATORY SCHOOL
AND
PROJECT METHOD
Subtitle

2. JOHN DEWEY(1859-1952)

3. • John Dewey was the most outstanding American
philosopher and educational reformer.
• John Dewy is recognized as the Father of modern
philosophy
• He is also known as the father of modern education
• Dewey is one of the cofounders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism
• Dewey wrote the first American psychology textbook Psychology
INTRODUCTION

4. LABORATARY SCHOOL
 Dewey’s Laboratory School opened in 1896 at Chicago.
 Dewey tested his ideas of education there.
 No school subjects in the conventional were taught.
 Classes consisted of theoretical work and practice.
 The child came to school to do.
 Activities were based in craft activities and practical experiences.

5. DEWEY’S CONCEPT OF OCCUPATION
 In Dewey’s school ,education was based on practical or manual training.
 This manual training is termed as occupation.
 It is the backbone of Dewey’s curriculum reformation.
 The occupation includes work with wood and tools, cooking, sewing etc.
 Its programs were in the form of activities like play, construction, contact with
nature, self expression, use of tools and others.

6. DEWEY’S PROJECT METHOD
 It is based on learning by doing.
 The child must do his project based on the problems that he see around him.
 The child should obtain information or make observation needed to deal with the
problem.
 The suggested solutions should occur to him.
 He should have an opportunity to test his ideas by application.

7. ROLE OF TEACHER IN DEWEY’S SCHOOL
 Teacher has an important role in Dewey’s school.
 Teacher is a social servant.
 His duty is to maintain a proper social order and to see whether the child is
grow in a social atmosphere.
 Teacher is a “prophet of true God”
 In the matters of discipline the teacher has to simply guide on account of his
experience and wisdom.

8. CONCLUSION
 John Dewy was a great educationalist and philosopher.
 His philosophy is the outgrowth of his educational experiments .
 Experience is the central aspect of his educational philosophy.
 Values have to be created in the light of one’s experience and intelligence.
 Education should be practical based.