1) John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator who advocated for progressive education. He believed education should be a continual reconstruction of experiences and that learning happens through experiences. 2) Dewey criticized traditional education for being too focused on competition and memorization. He felt schools should incorporate more real-world experiences from nature and the community. 3) Dewey's educational philosophy was influenced by pragmatism. He felt education should prepare students for participation in a democratic society and develop ethical skills like justice, courage, and temperance.

1. John Dewey (1859-1952) A Pragmatist Chris Tennant Kris Valencic Jason Wrench

3. Indeed, almost the only measure for success is a competitive one, in the bad sense of that term – a comparison of results in the recitation or in the examination to see which child has succeeded in getting ahead of others in storing up, in accumulating, the maximum of information. -- John Dewey ( The School and Social Process )

5. The School building has about it a natural environment. It ought to be in a garden, and the children from the garden would be led on to surrounding fields, and then into the wider country, with all its facts and forces. -- John Dewey

6. If you simply indulge this interest by letting the child go on indefinitely, here is no growth that is more than accidental. But let the child first express his impulse, and then through criticism, question, and suggestion bring him to consciousness of what he has done, and what he needs to do, and the result is quite different. -- John Dewey

7. Dewey’s Educational and Philosophical Heritage

8. Dewey’s Life 1) Born in Vermont in 1859 2) Received his Ph.D. from John Hopkins 3) Father of 3 children 4) Laboratory School at the University of Chicago

10. Philosophical Background -- C.S. Pierce (1839-1914) -- William James (1842-1910) PRAGMATISM

11. Pragmatism Philosophy founded by C.S. Pierce & William James that says the meaning of anything depends on its practical effects.

13. Dewey’s Belief System

16. Ethics  Justice  Conscientiousness  Temperance  Courage

20. Curriculum Development According to Dewey

21. Definition of Curriculum

23. Adult’s Minds vs. Children’s Minds

24. Teachers Should use a Child’s interests when planning curriculum.

25. Dilemma for Curriculum Construction 1) Nature of Child 2) Nature of Subject 3) Role of Teacher

26. What we want and need is education pure and simple, and we shall make surer and faster progress when we devote ourselves to finding out just what education is and what conditions have to be satisfied in order that education may be a reality and not a name or a slogan. It is for this reason alone that I have emphasized the need for a sound philosophy of experience. -- John Dewey Experience & Education