Dewey's Democracy and Education inspires preschool education as follows:

1. Emphasize the child-centered theory and attach importance to children's experiences and interests. Dewey believes that children's experience and interest are the starting point and foundation of education, and the purpose of education is to help children grow up, not to control their behavior. Therefore, in early childhood education, we should take children as the center, respect children's experiences and interests, and let children develop their abilities and personalities in a free and independent environment. ?

2. Emphasize the importance of practice and experience. Dewey believes that practice and experience are important ways for children to grow up, and only in practice can they acquire real knowledge, skills and morality. Therefore, in early childhood education, we should pay attention to the accumulation of practice and experience, and let children gain experience and grow up in practice through games, operations and exploration.

John dewey (1859- 1952) is a famous pragmatic philosopher and educator in modern America. He founded the Chicago Experimental School in 1896, which is his philosophy, pedagogy and psychology laboratory. Experimental school is actually the practical application of Dewey's educational thought, which has accumulated rich practical materials for writing democracy and education through educational practice. Starting from pragmatic philosophy, he put forward that "education is life",

The slogan "school is society" opposes teacher-centered, and advocates liberating students from the bondage of teachers. Dewey advocated the new "three centers"-children center, classroom activity center and personal direct experience center. This formulation was a great progress in the early 20th century, and it still has far-reaching significance even now.

Dewey came to China to give lectures from May 19 19 to May 192 1 2000, and traveled all over eleven provinces to publicize his pragmatic philosophy and pedagogy. Dewey has been paying attention to the relationship between education and democracy all his life, and he believes that this issue should attract special attention of educators. The relationship between education and democracy is not only a personal concern of Dewey, but also an isolated issue unrelated to others. Many thinkers and scholars in different fields have listed this issue as their main topic in social and educational exploration.