These questions were: what education is, what the subject matter is and what the school is. This reading was probably my favorite. I found it very interesting to read what he had to say about these questions. Dewey starts by talking about what education is. He makes the comment about how education is something that starts at the beginning of a child’s life. A child is educated as they are growing and learning/figuring things out for themselves. He discusses that the subject matter of education has a relation with a child’s social life. He makes another comment about how a child’s social activities help with subject matter. Lastly he explains what the school is. He believes that the school is like a social institution and the learning is a social process. I really liked this comparison because it shows that the school is a guide for our learning and will help with our future. There is a lot more to education, the subject matter and the school, and I think that Dewey does a good job of explaining that to
These questions were: what education is, what the subject matter is and what the school is. This reading was probably my favorite. I found it very interesting to read what he had to say about these questions. Dewey starts by talking about what education is. He makes the comment about how education is something that starts at the beginning of a child’s life. A child is educated as they are growing and learning/figuring things out for themselves. He discusses that the subject matter of education has a relation with a child’s social life. He makes another comment about how a child’s social activities help with subject matter. Lastly he explains what the school is. He believes that the school is like a social institution and the learning is a social process. I really liked this comparison because it shows that the school is a guide for our learning and will help with our future. There is a lot more to education, the subject matter and the school, and I think that Dewey does a good job of explaining that to