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JOHN DEWEY
Sarah, Christa, Dylan, and Kelly“Education is not preparation for
life; education is life itself.”
Biography
• 1859- 1952• Born in Burlington, Vermont• Attended University of Vermont• Doctorate in philosophy from Johns
Hopkins University• Worked at University of Minnesota, University of
Chicago, University of Michigan, and Columbia University
What was happening?
• Lincoln was elected president– Civil War
• World War I and II– Industrial Revolution
• Korean War• Beginning of the Cold War
He lived a long time!
Major Contributions
• Functional Psychology• Progressive Education
– Theory of Experience• Theory of Truth• Reflex Arc Theory
Theory of Truth
• Pragmatism- facts not ideals• William James• Is God real?
– Beliefs Truth• Clarify difficult subjects• “whatever produces results we happen to like.”
Psychology
• Published first two books in 1887 while working at the University of Michigan
• Functionalist Psychologist• American Psychological Association President
in 1899• First psychologist to be on a USA postage
stamp
Functional Psychology
• Psychology philosophy that considers mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person’s environment
• Alternative to structuralism
Reflex Arc Theory
• so-called response is not merely to the stimulus; it is into it
• A circuit not an arc• sensory-motor feedback loop• Dewey was arguing that the behavior involved in a
reflexive response can not be meaningfully reduced to a basic sensorimotor elements anymore than consciousness can be meaningfully analyzed into elementary component parts.
•School itself is a social institution through which
social reform can and should take place
• Changes in the world
• Needed a curriculum for individuals
•Students should have a say
Father of Modern Education
Theory of Experience
Continuity• Education is essential to real
life skills• We learn something from
every experience
Interaction• Past experiences affect our
present experiences• Non-educative experience
– Don’t get anything out of it
• Mis-educative experience– Distorts growth for other
experiences
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Biographical Information
Major Contributions
Interesting Facts
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Name 2 colleges Dewey worked at?
•University of Michigan•University of Minnesota•University of Chicago•Columbia University