John Dewey Timeline

  • John Dewey Birth

    John Dewey is born in Burlington, Vermont
  • Democracy and Education

    Dewey publishes his work, "Democracy and Education." In this work Dewey argues for the necessity of education in social groups. Basically, he advocates that in a group where there are younger and more inexperienced individuals, there is a need to close that gap between knowledge and understand between the two if the species is to continue. Not only that, but there is a need to cross interesting and appreciations for arts as well. The best way to do this education, according to Dewey. Continued..
  • Experience and Nature

    John Dewey published his work, "Experience and Nature." Here Dewey delves a little deeper into philosophy as a whole. Dewey is known for his views on education as well as his view on pragmatism. In this work, he argues against philosophy being completely divorced from reality. Some would argue that the world we sense around us is not perceived primarily as reality, but we observe it through secondary actions. Dewey argues that there is no basis for this assumption.
  • Experience and Education

    John Dewey Publishes his work, "Experience and Education." In which he breaks down the education system and the two different approaches to educating students, traditional and progressive. Traditional education is what you would normally picture today, classroom settings with lots of standardized testing. Progressive education focused more on a student's individual learning path. Dewey was not satisfied with either of these approaches and would explain his reasoning in Experience and education.
  • John Dewey Death

    John Dewey dies in New York at 93 years old