DEWEY ON EDUCATION

DEWEY VIEW OF INEFFECTUAL EDUCATION

Learner

Society Family

Work-place

Peers The Learner as an individual, separate from other roles

DEWEY SCHOOL AS MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY

Society

•  The Learner effects Society and has a place within it

School •  A safe place to experiment

and grow •  Learning to learn and develop

as a person

Family •  Is the basis of all learning •  Works with School to be a

safe place of socialisation and experimentation

DEWEY VIEW OF INEFFECTUAL EDUCATION

Past - Family • Errant

• Empty slate • Unsophisticated

Present - School • Preparation for life • Under the experts

• All knowledge is for later

Future - Career • Obedient to boss

• Tasks as stipulated • Set role in society

Leaving the past, and using the present to build for a future state

DEWEY EDUCATION FOR THE PRESENT

Future

Present

Past

•  The future is not a separate state, but a flowering of the present

•  Education is for the present state not a vague and far-off future

•  The past is built upon, not rejected

DEWEY VIEW OF INEFFECTUAL EDUCATION

New Concepts Rote & Recapitulate

Passive learning, almost external to the learner

DEWEY THE NATURE OF METHOD

New Symbols & Meaning

New Information

Established Information

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