Philosopher of Democracy and Education
John Dewey
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An American pragmatist and school reformer who treated thinking as a tool for working through real problems, and democracy as a way of living together, not only a way of choosing leaders.
Key work: Democracy and Education (1916)
“A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
Thinking starts with a real problem and ends in a test.
People learn by doing and by reflecting on what they did.
A school should be a small community, not a lecture hall.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Democracy as a Way of Life
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