John Dewey opened a Laboratory School in Chicago in 1896 to test his progressive educational ideas. At the school, no traditional school subjects were taught. Instead, classes focused on hands-on activities and practical experiences like crafts, cooking, and using tools. Dewey believed education should be based on occupations and manual training. He developed a project method where students learned by doing hands-on projects to solve problems they observed. The teacher's role was to guide students and maintain a proper social order while allowing children to grow in a social environment. Dewey's philosophy grew out of his experiments establishing experience and practical, occupation-based education as central tenets.