John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer born in 1859 in Vermont. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1884. Dewey wrote extensively about education and developed theories on education, democracy, functional psychology, pragmatism, and epistemology. Some of his major works included My Pedagogic Creed (1897), The School and Society (1900), and Democracy and Education (1916). Dewey viewed nature as continuously evolving and thought as an instrument to improve situations. He believed that education was equivalent to life itself.

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2. Born in Burlington, Vermont, on 20 October 1859 Graduated from University of Vermont in 1879 Received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1884 Philosopher Psychologist Educator Social Critic Political Activist

3. My Pedagogic Creed (1897) The School and Society (1900) Child and the Curriculum (1902) Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (1916) How We Think: A Restatement of the Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process (1933)Experience Education (1938)

4. instrumentalism in its theoretical aspect, and as meliorism in its ethical aspect. According to him, nature is a continuously flowing stream. It uses thought as an instrument or tool to pass from a given situation, full of ambiguities and disharmonies, to a new and better situation. Dewey's "instrumentalism" affirms that cognition consists in forging ideal tools or instruments with which to cope with a given situation.

5. Education is life itself -John Dewey

6. Theory on Education Theory on Democracy Theory on Functional Psychology Theory on Pragmatism Theory on Epistemology THEORIES:

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