Differences Between Booker T. Washington And John Dewey

There are numerous amounts of philosophers with opinions on how they believe education should work in order to create or maintain a better productive society. Some philosophers agree on the methods to get the same outcome, some have totally opposite positions. and some have different methods but aim for similar outcomes, For example, some might agree that we should focus on social mobility but have two completely different ideas on how to use education to make that happen. Could you imagine if there were two philosophers, that both had opinions on how education should work so it will beneficial to others, having dinner with other? If I could choose any two philosophers to have dinner together it would be Booker T. Washington and John Dewey. There is no doubt in my mind that there will be some debate between to two about they their views on education but I also expect some agreement on views about education in terms of goals.
Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the premier African-American leaders between 1890 and 1915. He was principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. I choose to invite Booker T. Washington over for dinner because he was very influential in both the black and white communities in terms of …show more content…
Washington speak a ton about African American education, I am sure John Dewey would start talking about his position on the way American education should be why. Beginning with his conviction that education is a procedure of interaction between the child and the curriculum but because of his experiences he also believe that school is the central organization in a modern democratic society (Rury, 2012). He wants education in schools to be about a clash of ideas and that education should have democracy in it. Then explaining himself on the theory that education should have democracy in it because democracy allowed for the fullest possible development of every member of