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Title: John Dewey Educational Reformer


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John DeweyEducational Reformer
  • Samantha Speser
  • Erin Williams
  • Alicia Bates

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Background
  • Born October 20, 1859
  • Burlington, VT
  • University of Vermont
  • Professor of Philosophy
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey

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Accomplishments
  • Founder of Pragmatism
  • Racial Equality and Womens Suffrage
  • Philosophy, Education, and Epistemology
  • Educational Progressivism
  • Grandfather of Constructivism

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Social Activism Theory
  • Curriculum arise from students interests
  • Topics should be integrated
  • Education is growth
  • Education is a way of helping individuals
  • Learning useful in context of social experience
  • Hands-on and experience-based

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Social Activism Theory cont.
  • Truth is an instrument used by human beings
  • Learning was active and schooling was
    unnecessarily long and restrictive
  • Interaction among students

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Technology Today
  • Internet
  • Cooperative Learning
  • Hands-on and experienced-based learning
  • Collaboration
  • Visual presentations

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Quotes
  • Education is a social process. Education is
    growth. Education is, not a preparation for life
    education is life itself.
  • The person who really thinks learns quite as
    much from his failures as from his successes.
  • Confidence is directness and courage in meeting
    the facts of life.

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References
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
  • http//www.wilderdom.com/experiential/JohnDeweyPhi
    losophyEducation.html
  • http//www.philosophypages.com/ph/dewe.htm
  • http//www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_d
    ewey.html
  • http//www.wilderdom.com/experiential/JohnDeweyQuo
    tes.html
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