John Dewey Education

I found reading about the different philosophical schools very interesting. It was neat to learn about how it was developed and the history behind them. While reading about the philosophical schools, I found one that I thought fit my personal views and ways of teaching very well. From the reading I learned that pragmatism is when students learn from a way of them having to find their own knowledge. Students have questions and ask them and learn from more of a logical way. I really like this because I feel as though I want to teach like this when I have my own classroom. I feel as though students learn the best when the teacher doesn’t just lecture them random knowledge that they don’t care about. Students are pushed to the limits and really have to think and learn for themselves. The teacher is there to be more of a guide for their students. Teaching this way keeps the students interested. I have always found …show more content…
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