This presentation is about educational philosophy of John Dewey

1. John Dewey

2. Life sketch
 Greatest Modern Time Thinker
 Pragmatist
 Born on October 20, 1859 in Vermont, USA
 Has greatly influenced practice of education
 Chairman of dept. of philosophy & pedagogy in
University of Chicago
 Established first major educational laboratory school in
1896
 Visited countries like India, China, Turkey, Russia,
Japan

4. Prolific writer
 My Pedagogic Creed
 School and Society
 The School and Child
 How We Think
 Interest and Efforts in Education
 Schools of Tomorrow
 Democracy and Education

5. Philosophy of John Dewey
• No eternal values
• Truth is that which works
• Experience is the core of philosophy
• Thoughts and actions are complementary
• Everything is provisional
• Faith in democracy
• Relationship between individual and society
• Experimentalism
• Instrumentalism
• Utiliitarianism

6. Education
• “Education is the development of all those
capacities in the individual which will enable
him to control his environment and fulfill his
possibilities.”

7. Aims of education
 Creation of Values
 Maximum Growth
 Harmonious Development of the Individual
 Social Efficiency
 Rich Present Life

8. Functions of education
 Education is a process of growth
 Education is life and life is education
 Education leads towards social efficiency
 Experience is the basis of his philosophy

9. Curriculum
• Principle of flexibility
• Principle of utility
• Principle of child’s activities
• Principle of integration

10. Methods of teaching
• Project method
• Problem solving method
• Experimental method
• Direct experience and activity method

11. Discipline
• Discipline is not the end
• Free discipline
• Teachers must not be discipline conscious

12. Teacher
 Practical
 Observe, plan and encourage pupil activities,
environments and experiences
 A friend and a helper
 Encourage democratic cooperation as well as
intellectual and aesthetic development
 Professionally trained and efficient
 Resourceful and sympathetic

13. School
• Extension of home
• A miniature society
• School as a specialized institution

14. Contribution
• Given a progressive outlook to education
• Living and doing itself is education
• Preparation for life through life experiences
• Social efficiency
• Child centered education
• Core curriculum, integrated curriculum and
activity curriculum
• Democracy in education
• Experimental school

15. Criticism
• Spiritual values
• No clear aims of education
• Too much emphasis on utility, practice and
practice and practicalism
• Too much reliance on experimental method
• Project method is costly and not suitable
every time.
• Heavy responsibilities on teachers