John Dewey Shorts
Description: John Dewey quote: Freedom of thought and of expression are not mere rights to be claimed. They have their roots deep in the existence of individuals as developing careers in time. Their denial and abrogation is an abdication of individuality and a virtual rejection of time as opportunity.
Description: John Dewey quote: A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability. Otherwise, they will be overwhelmed by the changes in which they are caught and whose significance or connections they do not perceive.
Description: John Dewey quote: The mystery is that the world is at it is -- a mystery that is the source of all joy and all sorrow, of all hope and fear, and the source of development both creative and degenerative. The contingency of all into which time enters is the source of pathos, comedy, and tragedy.
Description: John Dewey quote: The rise of new science in the seventeenth century laid hold upon general culture in the next century. The enlightenment... testified to the widespread belief that at last light had dawned, that dissipation of ignorance, superstition, and bigotry was at hand, and the triumph of reason was assured -- for reason was counterpart in man of the laws of nature which science was disclosing. The reign of law in the natural world was to be followed by the reign of law in human affairs.
Description: John Dewey quote: t is no accident that all democracies have put a high estimate upon education; that schooling has been their first care and enduring charge. Only through education can equality of opportunity be anything more than a phrase. Accidental inequalities of birth, wealth, and learning are always tending to restrict the opportunities of some as compared with those of others. Only free and continued education can counteract those forces which are always at work to restore, in however changed a form, feudal oligarchy. Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.
Description: John Dewey (1859–1952), an American philosopher, psychologist, and reformer of education was a leader in the philosophical movement of pragmatism. He was very instrumental in changing the social practice of learning by rote to learning by doing, and considered public education as one of the cornerstones of democracy. As this cornerstone has eroded significantly in recent decades (hence, the upside down flag signaling distress), we would do well to remember these words in order to prevent further erosion.
Description: John Dewey (1859–1952), an American philosopher, psychologist, and reformer of education was a leader in the philosophical movement of pragmatism. He was very instrumental in changing the social practice of learning by rote to learning by doing, and considered public education as one of the cornerstones of democracy. As this cornerstone has eroded significantly in recent decades (hence, the upside down flag signaling distress), we would do well to remember these words in order to prevent further erosion.
Description: John Dewey (1859–1952), an American philosopher, psychologist, and reformer of education, was a leader in the philosophical movement of pragmatism. He was very instrumental in changing the social practice of learning by rote to learning by doing, and considered public education as one of the cornerstones of democracy. As this cornerstone has eroded significantly in recent decades (hence, the upside down flag signaling distress), we would do well to remember these words in order to prevent further erosion.
