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John Dewey was born
John Dewey was born on October 20th, 1859. He was born in Burlington, Vt., U.S. His parents were Archibald Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich. John Dewey was the third of the couple’s four sons. -
John Dewey enrolled for the University of Vermont
When John Dewey was 15, he enrolled in the University of Vermont. When he was a child, he excelled in school. The University of Vermont was his first university. -
John Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont
In 1879, John Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont at the age of 19. -
John Dewey teaches a seminary
In the Autumn of John Dewey's graduation, his cousin gave him a teaching job at a seminary in Oil City, Pennsylvania. -
John Dewey loses his teaching position
2 years after John Dewey got his job at the seminary, he lost his teaching position due to his cousin resigning as principal of the seminary. -
John Dewey goes back to Vermont
After John Dewey lost his teaching career in the seminary. He went back to Vermont to teach at a private school. During his free time, he would study more about philosophy and psychology. Then his interests about it started to grow. -
John Dewey receives a doctorate degree
In 1884, John Dewey receives a doctorate degree from John Hopkins University. -
John Dewey is hired as assistant professor
After John Dewey received his doctorate degree, he went to Michigan and became an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, -
John Dewey got married
In 1886, John Dewey got married to Harriet Alice Chipman. Over the course of their marriage, they had six children and one adopted child. -
"Psychology" Book
In 1887, John Dewey published his first book, "Psychology". -
John Dewey and his family left Michigan
John Dewey and his family left Michigan for the University of Minnesota, where he was a professor of philosophy. -
John Dewey published his second book
In 1888, John Dewey published his second book "Leibniz’s New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding". -
John Dewey returns to Michigan
After a year at the University of Minnesota, John Dewey and his family return to the University of Michigan. -
John Dewey in the University of Chicago
Dewey was made the head of the philosophy department at the University of Chicago. -
Experimental primary school
In 1894, John Dewey and his wife Harriet started their own experimental primary school, the University Elementary School, at the University of Chicago. His goal was to test his educational theories. -
John Dewey left Chicago
John Dewey left Chicago in 1904 to join the Ivy League, becoming a professor of philosophy at Columbia University while working at Teachers College on the side. -
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John Dewey traveled the world
John Dewey taught at imperial institutes in Japan and spent 2 years teaching at universities in China. -
The New School For Social Research
In 1919, John Dewey and his colleagues Charles Beard, Thorstein Veblen, James Harvey Robinson and Wesley Clair Mitchell, founded The New School for Social Research -
John Dewey went to Turkey
John Dewey went to Turkey to study the schools and 2 years later he visited the University of Mexico. -
League For Independent Political Action
In 1929, John Dewey helped organize the League for Independent Political Action hoping of creating a new political party. He was also an editor of the New Republic magazine and helped found both the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Association of University Professors -
John Dewey's wife passes away
Harriet, John Dewey's wife died. -
John Dewey went to the Soviet Union
John Dewey went to the Soviet Union because he was amazed by experiments in the Russian educational system. When he returned to the U.S he told his colleagues about his discovery. His discovery was that education should focus mainly on students’ interactions with the present. But John Dewey still believed about learning about the past. -
John Dewey Retires
In 1930, John Dewey left Columbia and retired from his teaching career with the title of professor emeritus. -
John Dewey helped politicians
In 1946, John Dewey tried to help labor leaders establish a new political party, the People’s Party, for the 1948 presidential elections. -
John Dewey is Married again
In 1946, John Dewey which was 87 years old, is remarried to a widow named Roberta Grant. -
John Dewey Dies
On June 1, 1952, John Dewey died of pneumonia at the age of 92 in the his New York City apartment.
