John Dewey American philosopher

ohn Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He is regarded as one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century. Wikipedia

John Dewey/Quotes:

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

We only think when we are confronted with problems.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

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Better class for maximum output

1.How would you help children in your class to make changes in their concepts?

(Ans) By giving children an opportunity to express their own understanding of the concepts