Philosophy Week 3 Timeline: John Dewey (October 20, 1859-June1, 1952)

Published "The School and Society"

1900

John Dewey believed in the school system engaging and teaching students more than mindless facts. Instead, he believed schools should teach more technical applications. He uses the example of scientific applications in order to encourage further inventions and innovations. Dewey J. "The School and Society." The University of Chicago Press; 1900

Published "The Child and the Curriculum"

1902

This work of Dewey's revolved around the idea of a whole-language curriculum in which no subject was separate from the others. This would allow for complete understanding of and applications in each of the subjects and situations the students were learning about. Dewey J. "The Child and the Curriculum." The University of Chicago Press; 1902

Published "How We Think

1910

This work focuses on the need for balance between cultivating a scientific mind in a controlled environment through structured learning and allowing a child's mind to naturally develop with the skills it already possesses. He emphasizes his point by noting that a child's mind is already scientific because it's inquisitive, imaginative, and experimental. https://youtu.be/opXKmwg8VQM Dewey J. "How We Think." D.C. Heath & Co., Publishers; 1910.

Published "Experience and Nature"

1925

Dewey revised and lectured on Paul Carus's ideas on the human experience and nature. He made a full discussion of the relationships between the external world, minds, and knowledge. He also replaces the separation of nature and experience with continuity by using language as the tie. Dewey J. "Experience and Nature." Kessinger Publishing, LLC; 1925.