John Dewey
John Dewey | |
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| Born | November 20, 1859 Burlington, Vermont, USA |
| Died | June 1, 1952 (aged 92) |
John Dewey | |
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| File:John Dewey.jpg | |
| Born | November 20, 1859 Burlington, Vermont, USA |
| Died | March 31, 1913 (aged 75) |
| Children | Louisa Pierpont Morgan, John Pierpont "Jack" Morgan, Jr., Juliet Morgan and Anne Morgan |
| Parent(s) | Junius Spencer Morgan and Juliet Pierpont |
Life
John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont on October 20th, 1859. He studied philosophy and graduated at the University of Vermont, and afterwords taught at various schools. In September 1882, Dewey went to the John Hopkins University and studied philosophy and psychology and published the paper, "The New Psychology". Afterwords, he taught psychology at universities and later on, got married to Alice Chipman. On 1886, he started a new school which came to be known as the "Dewey School". This school taught pragmatism, which says that a school's curriculum should be based on everyday life, lessons, and focuses on hands-on activities to better help students learn. After he retired as a teacher, he continued watching and figuring the society and politics. John Dewey died on 1952.
Theory
John Dewey believed in the "theory of inquiry", which shows how animals survived in their environment. He used the theory in the way he taught. He said that children learn best with real-life problems and hands-on activities. His most well-known essay was "The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology" (1896)