Dewey's unique viewpoints of "education is life" and "school is society" endow the essence of education with brand-new connotation. In his view, education is not only the preparation for the future, but also the life process of children now. Real education is to draw nutrients from life and experience and make learning lively and powerful.

The bondage of traditional education

There are many regrets in education in reality. Students often can't freely use off-campus experience at school, nor can they apply what they have learned to their daily lives, which is undoubtedly a huge waste of educational resources. This educational model will only cultivate "obedient, obedient and careful" children, lacking the spirit of innovation and responsibility.

Education returns to life

Dewey advocated "education is life", aiming to break the shackles of traditional education, let children feel the power of knowledge in the process of participating in social practice and cultivate the ability to solve problems.

Five steps of teaching

Dewey gave the answer: the teaching process should be divided into five steps. First of all, teachers should create a situation that is closely related to real life for children; Then, guide the children to actively deal with the problems in the situation; Then, stimulate children's thinking and assumptions about solving problems; Then, help children sort out and arrange these assumptions; Finally, the validity of these assumptions is verified by practice. This is the famous "five steps of teaching", which brings education back to life and makes learning more meaningful!