This is a powerpoint presentation about John Dewey.

1. John Dewey
A Theorist and His Life

3. Name: John Dewey
Born: October 20, 1859
Birthplace: Burlington,
Vermont, USA
Died: June 1, 1952 (92 years old)
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
(New York)

4. Educational Background
College:
University of Vermont (1879)
Post – Graduate:
Doctorate in Philosophy
John Hopkins University (1884)

5. Family Background
Father:
Archibald Dewey
(Proprietor of tobacco shop)
Mother:
Lucina Artemesia Rich
(Daughter of a wealthy farmer)

6. Family Background
First Wife:
Harriet Alice Chipman (deceased)
(July 28, 1886)
Second Wife:
Roberta Grant (widow)
(1946)

7. Writing
Books
- Psychology (1887) – his first book
- Liebniz’s New Essays Concerning the Human
Understanding (1888)
- Democracy and Education (1916)
- Logic (1938)
- Experience and Education (1938)

8. Teaching Career
University of Michigan
(1884)
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
(1888)
Professor of Philosophy
University of Michigan
(1889)
University of Chicago
(1894)
Head of Pholisophy Department and
Director of School (2 years)
Columbia University(1904)
Professor of Philosophy
Teachers College (1904)
Professor of Philosophy

9. About Dewey . . . .
1. Published over 1,000 pieces of writing.
2. Co-founded The New School for Social Research
(1919)
3. Second in class after graduating in college
4. His first wife was his student in University of
Michigan.
5. With six children and adopted one child (1st wife)

10. 6. Strong proponent for progressive educational
reform.
7. Became an active member of numerous
educational organizations.
8. He lectured all over the world and prepared
educational surveys for Turkey, Mexico, and the
Soviet Union.
9. Rejected authoritarian teaching methods.
About Dewey . . . .

11. “If I were asked to name
the most needed of all
reforms in the spirit of
education I should say:
'Cease conceiving of
education as mere
preparation for later life,
and make of it the full
meaning of the present
life.'”

12. Resources:
 http://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dewey
 http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/JohnDeweyPhilo
sophyEducation.html
 http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/JohnDeweyPhilo
sophyEducation.html
 http://www.biography.com/people/john-dewey-
9273497#later-life-and-death

14. Jocel Ann D. Luzong
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