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