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Reflex Arc
Dewey argues that human experience and learning is a continuous circuit, not a sequence of starts and stops. Learning is a cumulative PROGRESSIVE approach and the pupil is subject to their environmental stimuli as much as the learning stimulus. This would also include the learner's cultural background and the teacher would then need to apply problems based upon those factors. John Dewey. "The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology", Psychological Review 3, (1896): 357-370. -
Democracy and Education
This was one of Dewey's fundamental works in which he expounds his belief that philosophy could be understood as the "general theory of education." He was encouraging philosophy to embrace everyday problems and see philosophy from the standpoint of education. Dewey, John. Democracy and Education. General Books LLC, 2009. -
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Logic: Theory and Inquiry
For many years, educators focused on the student's ability to memorize information and regurgitate it. Dewey emphasized the need to change the educational experience by encouraging experiential learning. This experiential learning would then emphasize the learning of the fundamental process by which the proper answer can then be equated. The process of knowledge and truth can continue ad infinitum. Dewey, John. LOGIC: THE THEORY OF INQUIRY. IRVINGTON, 1982. -
Creative Democracy
Dewey's essay was about the fundamental importance of education to democracy. Dewey argues that democracy is the hope that the process of experience is more important than the specific result observed. Education informs the citizenry's ability to convey and openly discuss varying topics. Dewey, John. Creative Democracy: The Task Before Us. Washington, D.C: National Education Association, 1947. Print