(A) Education is "life", "growth" and "experience transformation"

Education can transmit the accumulated experience of human beings, enrich the content of human experience, and enhance the ability of experience to guide life and adapt to society, thus maintaining and developing social life. Broadly speaking, it is the education that individuals contact and interact with others in social life, gradually expand and improve their own experience, develop moral quality and acquire knowledge and skills. Because transforming experience must be closely combined with life and transforming experience can promote personal growth, Dewey summed up "education is life", "education is growth" and "education is experience transformation".

(B) Aimless education theory

In Dewey's mind, in an undemocratic and unequal society, education is only the purpose imposed on the educated by external forces. A democratic society is different. We should pursue the theory of aimlessness. In fact, in the era of class struggle and proletarian revolution, Dewey emphasized the effectiveness of education in improving society, and the class nature of Dewey's teleology of education was obvious.

"School is society"

Dewey believes that people's participation in the real life of society is a proper way to grow physically and mentally and transform their experience. Therefore, teachers should turn the classroom of imparting knowledge into a paradise for children's activities, guide children to actively participate in activities, unconsciously develop moral character and acquire knowledge in activities, and realize the transformation of life, growth and experience.

(D) Teaching theory

Based on the theory that education is the transformation of life, growth and experience, Dewey attaches importance to teaching materials and teaching methods. Make a statement different from the traditional concept.

1, in the choice of teaching materials, Dewey proposed that "the real center of the relationship between school disciplines is not science ... but children's own social activities." Specifically, the school arranges all kinds of homework and introduces basic human things into the school as teaching materials.

2. In teaching methods, Dewey advocated "learning by doing". He believes that the knowledge that children gain by attending classes and reading books instead of activities is illusory.

(E) the theory of moral education

Dewey said: "Morality is the highest and ultimate goal of education." "Moral process and educational process are unified." Dewey believes that moral education plays an important role in education. Dewey strongly emphasized that morality is the force to promote social progress. In practice, Dewey first advocates "cultivating children's moral quality through activities", and then requires combining intellectual education to achieve the purpose of moral education. Moreover, he attaches great importance to the moral education function of educational methods.

John dewey (1859- 1952) is a famous American philosopher, educator, one of the founders of pragmatic philosophy, a pioneer of functional psychology, and a representative of American progressive education movement.

/kloc-in the 0/9th century, the old education inherited from the colonial period prevailed./kloc-in the late 0/9th century, the Herbart teaching method introduced from Germany gradually became rigid, which made the schools at that time lack vitality. Dewey (1859- 1952), an American pragmatic educator, was a reformer of traditional education and a pioneer of new education at that time. He advocates starting from children's nature and promoting children's personality development.