John Dewey

Cadence Sinclair Eastman is 18 years old. She has severe migraines and severe memory loss. She had a brain injury to cause these symptoms. Cadence cannot quite remember what happened. She is trying to figure out what she can remember. “I used to be pretty, but now I look sick. My hair used to be blonde, but now it is black.” Cadence said.(Lockhart pg. 4 ) Cadence completely changed her personality. She shows that even though she has migraines and memory loss, Cadence finds a way to see hope…

John Dewey is one of the most influential philosopher and educator. He theorized that learning should be relevant and practical, not just passive and theoretical which is called as learning by doing. Daniel Goleman is a psychologist known for his theory of Emotional Quotient. Emotional quotient is the level of a person's emotional intelligence which is often represented by a score on a standardized test. Schemata describe a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information…

[which] are relevant to the problems of living together”, leading to students, like myself, who will leave high school feeling as if they’ve simultaneously learned everything and nothing. In this regard, to what means do we rectify this injustice? Dewey and Emerson argue that the upheaval and reorganization of this systems is the method needed for reformation, if we are certain of our determination to maintain the functioning of our democratic society. Prose calls for a return to classical…

Curriculum John Dewey’s The Child and the Curriculum, written over a century ago, poses a question that can still prove relevant to teachers in this day and age. His primary question that he attempts to tackle in his paper, is simple: should education be tailored to a child’s specific needs, or to a set curriculum? Throughout the paper, he argues that the tug of war between child and curriculum is ultimately futile; choosing one over the other will still prove detrimental. Ultimately, Dewey…

By the dictionary’s definition, education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Philosopher, John Dewey believes that “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” My thoughts on education are to embrace its difficulty and understand that it will eventually pay off. It took me just about fourteen years to come to this mature…

into this world known by John Dewey. His parents where hard workers that worked in the farms of Vermont for three generations. Life as John Dewey knew it was not handed to him. Achieving his goals was a key stone in which he furthered his education by attending the University of Vermont and the University of Michigan for his PhD. While in school John Dewey majored in Philosophy in which it was a standing point towards his career. After graduating with his Doctoral Degree Dewey was offered a…

Boostrom (2016) invites students of curriculum and education to reexamine John Dewey's 1916 book, “Democracy and Education (D & E)”, in relation to its relevance in contemporary society and schooling. It is established from the outset of the paper that although D & E was cited roughly three times daily, the views contained therein are not translated into educational practice or policy in the US. This disparity is unpacked in relation to the contemporary difficulties of utilising D & E, while also…

This situation creates one of the central problems communications between scientists and designers because design problems seldom fall solely within the boundaries of science. Dewey believes that knowledge is no longer achieved by direct formulas with a fixed answer; knowledge is achieved by a new form of art, the liberal arts. This “art” began with the establishment of technology where a connection between arts of production…

John Dewey’s Response to Zuriff Zuriff is one of the scholars in behavioral science who fostered on the topic of learning disabilities (LD). He comments that discrepancy in reading abilities and IQ tests are the only methods that can be used to differentiate LD children from slow learners. In his work The Myths of Learning Disabilities, Zuriff argues that the applied method of determining learning disabilities in children has become illogical since many of the slow learners are left behind. To…

He states: “When artistic objects are separated from both conditions of origin and operation in experience, a wall is built around them that renders almost opaque their general significance, with which esthetic theory deals” (Dewey Chapter 1). While I wholeheartedly agree with Dewey’s stance on environment in relation to an object of art, I want to challenge our thought leaders in academia of the complete opposite. I want to see students take their knowledge obtained and excel…