John Dewey
20th Century1859-1952Burlington, Vermont / New York
As Your Guide
“Dewey will shape your identity through action, not contemplation. He believes you learn who you are by engaging with real problems and testing your ideas against their results. Choose him if you want a guide who insists that thinking is doing.”
Who They Were
American pragmatist who applied philosophy to education and democracy.
What They Left Behind
Words that outlived their authors.
Democracy and Education, Experience and Nature, Art as Experience
What Haunts Them
These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.
Learning by doinginquirydemocracy as way of lifeinstrumentalism