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John Dewey
John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont on October 20, 1869. Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879 and received his PHD from John Hopkins University in 1884. -
Professor John Dewey
john Dewey began his career as a professor at the University of Michigan, teaching there from 1884 to 1888 and 1889-1894, with a one year term at the University of Minnesota in 1888. In 1894 he became the chairman of the department of philosophy, psychology, and pedagogy at the University of Chicago. In 1899, john Dewey was elected president of the American psychological Association. -
Dewey's lasting Influence
Dewey left his mark and made seminal contributions to nearly every field and topic in philosophy and psychology. Dewey was a major inspiration for several allied movements that have shaped 20th century thought, to include humanism, naturalism, contextualism, and process philosophy. he is held high assured as one of the 20th century's premier philosophers alongside with Wittgenstein, Sarte, Carnap, and Quine. -
Dewey's Final years
John Dewey spent his years after teaching as a professor traveling the world and visiting different countries spreading his word in philosophy. his trips around the world included Japan and China from 1919 to 1921, Turkey in 1924, and a tour of schools in the USSR in 1928. He would later settle and pass away in New York City on June 1 1952 at the age of 92. -
John Dewey's importance to education
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References
Hildebrand, D. (2018, November 01). John Dewey. Retrieved May 19, 2020, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dewey/
Video:
“Paradoxes & Praxis: John Dewey.” Paradoxes & Praxis: The 21st Century Imperative for Educational Foundations, scalar.usc.edu/works/paradoxpraxis/john-dewey-3.7.
