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  1. Democracy and Education 1916,byJohn Dewey* If I had to choose the most important work on education written in the last century, it would be Dewey’s Democracy and Education. I am convinced that it should be required reading for anyone who wants to enter the discourse on public education. Among the salutary effects of reading this

  2. Feb 9, 2024 · Dewey believed that “ democracy is a way of life .”. He also believed schools could teach that lesson to young people by allowing people in the school to have a meaningful say in the aims of ...

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  4. Dewey believed that a philosopher should not only reflect but also act, both to improve society and to participate in “the living struggles and issues of his age.”. His tools: reason, science, pragmatism. His goal: democracy, not only in politics and the economy but also as an ethical ideal, as a way of life.

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  5. Feb 9, 2005 · First published Wed Feb 9, 2005. John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher, associated with pragmatism. Over a long working life, Dewey was influential not only in philosophy, but as an educational thinker and political commentator and activist. 1. Biographical Sketch.

  6. Sep 12, 2023 · John Dewey was an American educational thinker who lived during a time of great change. Dewey was trained as a philosopher and worked at major universities. But, he was active off campus and worked as a teacher, speaker, and leader for various community groups and political organizations. Dewey traveled widely and left an extensive body of ...

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  7. Nov 1, 2018 · John Dewey. John Dewey (1859–1952) was one of American pragmatism’s early founders, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, and arguably the most prominent American intellectual for the first half of the twentieth century. Dewey’s educational theories and experiments had global reach, his psychological theories influenced ...

  8. In this town John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859, the third of four sons of a middle class couple. The first son died in infancy but Davis Rich Dewey, a year and a half older than John, and Charles Miner Dewey, as much younger, grew up and attended the nearby public school with John.