A pragmatic theory that ideas are instruments that function as guides of action, their validity being determined by the success of the action.
Dewey, John DATES: 1859?1952
American philosopher and educator who was a leading exponent of philosophical pragmatism and rejected traditional methods of teaching by rote in favor of a broad-based system of practical experience.
* John Dewey
John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and educator whose writings and teachings have had profound influences on education in the United States. Dewey's philosophy of education, instrumentalism (also called pragmatism), focused on learning-by-doing rather than rote learning and dogmatic instruction, the current practice of his day. http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/janicke/Dewey.html
John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and educator whose writings and teachings have had profound influences on education in the United States. Dewey's philosophy of education, instrumentalism (also called pragmatism), focused on learning-by-doing rather than rote learning and dogmatic instruction, the current practice of his day. A concise summary and explanation of Dewey's educational philosophy can be found in the International Encyclopedia of Education (Pergamon, 1994).
Dewey was a very prolific writer. The following bibliography references his most popular works on education.
* My Pedagogic Creed (1897)
* The School and Society (1900)
* Child and the Curriculum (1902)
* Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (1916)
* How We Think: A Restatement of the Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process (1933)
* Experience and Education (1938)
