It describes the Ideas of John Dewey on Education. It includes his views on the Concept of Education, Aims of Education, Ideas on School, Teacher, Curriculum and Teaching Methodology, etc.

1. John Dewey on Education
“Give the pupils something to do,
not something to learn; and the
doing is of such a nature as to
demand thinking, learning naturally
results.”
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya,
Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

2. Dewey’s Philosophy
Emphasis on the dynamic and ever-changing character
of life
What is useful and what works in practical situation is
true; what does not work is false
New Philosophy of Education is experimental philosophy
of Educative Experiences
Selectivity in Experience – A Stream of Meaningful
Experiences
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

3. Dewey’s Experimental Method
Learning
from
Experience
Experimental
Philosophy
of Education
Meaningful
Experiences
be provided
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

4. Education – as a Process of Adjustment
Psychological Social
Education must begin
with a psychological
insight into the
child’s capacities,
interests and habits.
The social medium is
educative because it
affects every fiber of
one’s character and mind,
enlarges vocabulary,
develops language, and
cultivates social manners.
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR
Process of
Education

5. • Dewey believed in immediate aims of education. To
him, education is experience which is subject to
constant change with the changing pattern of life.
• Education is a continuous process of adjustment. A
person has to adjust and re-adjust himself to the
environment.
• Education should ensure adequate preparation for
immediate life.
• Education should make students realize their abilities
and potentialities
• The students should be actively involved in real-life
tasks and challenges
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

6. Ideas on School
“The school is to be a reflection of the larger society
outside its walls, in which life can be learnt by living.
But it is to be a purified, simplified and better
balanced society.”
• An essential social and psychological institution.
• No dry knowledge to impart in school
• Learning through own experiences
• School to be like an ideal home
• Instead of a ‘listening school’, it has to be a ‘doing
school’ – living and acting in real situation
• Learning activities performed jointly with others
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

7. School as a Social Institution
• Education is a social process
and school is that form of
community where a child
uses his inherited resources
• School must represent
present life; which he lives
at home, at neighbourhood
or at playground
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

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11. Ideas on Teacher
“A teacher should be concerned more with the
pupil’s impulses and interests rather than the
inculcation of knowledge.”
• To guide young students through the complexities of life.
• Regulated and organized freedom to students by teacher
• Not to impose his personality or his ideology on the child
• Facilitating to students in getting learning experiences
• Must know each child and his temperament of learning
• No rigid discipline to impose on children
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

12. • Encouraging self-discipline and group-discipline
• Providing co-operative activities in school
• Continual and sympathetic observation of
childhood’s interests
“The more a teacher is aware of the past experience
of student, of their hopes, desires, chief interests, the
better will he understand the forces at work that need to
be directed and utilized for the formation of reflective
habits” - Dewey
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

13. • No traditional curriculum as it cannot fulfill the
aims of education set forth by him
• Dynamic curriculum rather than static or fixed
• Integrated curriculum
• Curriculum including occupations which serve the
needs of man
• Consisting of educative experiences and problems
• Subjects related to day-to-day life; linking the
present with the past
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

14. Views on Methods of teaching
• Direct experience to be given for learning
• Knowledge takes place from meaningful situations
• ‘Learning by doing’ principle to be followed
• Problem or Project method for teaching
• Giving problem to child and stimulating his thinking
• Giving opportunity to test his ideas by application
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR

15. “Education should reflect democratic rights”
• Freedom of thought as well as action in class
• Teacher and school should not dictate on children and their
development
• Let the students enjoy learning with freedom
• Self-directed development of personality
• Train the children to think and to act
• Active participation in learning activities rather becoming
passive recipients of knowledge
• Child’s views to be honoured in class
Dr Rajnikant Dodiya, Asst. Professor, HMPIETR