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(6pp) The formation of a philosophy sounds like a
major assignment, doesn't it? Yet each of us do
that daily in the way that we live - that is our
personal philosophy. John Dewey (1859 - 1952) took
that a few steps farther and looked at the process,
or the way, in which we as humans best learn, and
then looked at that method in relationship to a
teaching role and a school system. He believed
that a democracy was the overall best environment
for the methods he defines in Democracy in E
ducation (1916).
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in which we as humans best learn, and then looked at that method in relationship to a teaching role and a school system. He believed that a democracy was
the overall best environment for the methods he defines in Democracy in Education (1916). BBdeweyE.doc JOHN DEWEY: Democracy in Education (1916)
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., December 2000 Introduction The formation of a philosophy sounds like a major assignment, doesnt it?
Yet each of us does that daily in the way that we live - that is our personal philosophy. John Dewey (1859 - 1952) took that a few steps
farther and looked at the process, or the way, in which we as humans best learn, and then looked at that method in relationship to a teaching role and a
school system. He believed that a democracy was the overall best environment for the methods he defines in Democracy in Education (1916). Individual as learner First he records the
way he perceives that humans learn, and comes to the conclusion that we as humans need a longer maturation time than most of the species. He uses the example of
the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and begins to eat. Dewey contends that
we few exceptions, chickens do not go much beyond that skill level. Small humans on the other end of the scale, because of their own "internal" wiring will need
to first master simple skills that move to more and more complex observations and actions. This is very obvious when you watch an infant who has learned that he can
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