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John dewey/kloc-0 was born in Vermont, USA on October 20th, 1859. As a child, john dewey was introverted and seldom spoke. At the same time, he is not a clever boy. But john dewey likes reading very much. After graduating from high school, he entered university of vermont. This is a famous local university. In college, john dewey studied many languages, including Greek and Latin. He is also interested in analytic geometry, calculus and natural science.
From 65438 to 0879, john dewey graduated from University, started his teaching career and continued to study philosophy. From 65438 to 0882, john dewey published his first academic paper. Two years later, he received a doctorate from Hopkins University.
He combined Dewey's philosophy with education and put forward a unique educational theory. He criticized the traditional education at that time from the perspectives of pragmatism, empiricism and human functional psychology, and put forward
In Dewey's pragmatism theory, teaching theory is a crucial point. John dewey put forward two theories of "learning by doing" and "thinking about teaching", which laid a theoretical foundation for the later development of education.
Dewey's major works include The Change of Philosophy, Freedom and Culture, Experience and Nature, and Experience and Nature. Involving science, art, politics, education, etc. Create a new era of education. His pragmatism has become a unique American culture.
1June, 952, john dewey died.
John dewey's anecdote
As a famous philosopher,
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One day, Dewey and a group of philosophers were walking on Broadway. Broadway is the center of American comedy activities, and there are many places to show movies. So, a friend suggested that we all go to an open-air movie together. This idea quickly resonated with everyone. As philosophers who have just been thinking about philosophical issues, they walked towards the open-air cinema without careful reflection. At the gate of the open-air cinema, I suddenly realized. It's daytime, and the open-air cinema only opens at night. Philosophers realized Thomas Powell's words: "Movies need darkness, but darkness is not so rampant in this corner during the day." This is a philosophical and poetic sentence. It shows that in Dewey's life, poetic philosophy is everywhere. He thinks that life is a part of philosophy.
John dewey not only had an important influence on American educational philosophy, but also trained a group of outstanding China students. When he was a professor at Columbia University, there were many scholars from China. These students include Hu Shi, Guo Bingwen, Tao Xingzhi, Chen Heqin, Zhang Boling, Li Jianxun and Jiang Menglin. After returning to China, these people influenced the historical process of China and made outstanding contributions to modern education in China. These people also spoke highly of their tutor Professor Dewey. Perhaps Dewey himself didn't think that his teaching changed the educational history of a country.
Through Dewey's anecdotes, we can see the brilliance of a philosopher's life.
John dewey's achievements.
John dewey's achievements can be seen mainly from his life experience.
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John dewey won many honors in his life. He is an American recognized educator and philosopher. 1884 received a doctorate from Hawkins University and became a philosophy researcher. Also in the same year, john dewey was hired as a lecturer in philosophy and psychology by the University of Michigan and began his teaching career. From 65438 to 0888, john dewey became a professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota. 1994 became a professor of philosophy at the university of Chicago and served as the head of the department of philosophy, psychology and education at the university of Chicago. 1899, john dewey was elected president of American Psychological Association. 19 10, john dewey became a member of the national academy of sciences, reaching a new peak in his life.
As an educator, john dewey has trained many excellent educators. Including Hu Shi, Jiang Menglin and other famous educators in China who influenced the modern history of China. At the same time, Dewey opposed the indoctrination and mechanical training of traditional education, and emphasized that education should learn from practice and enrich experience with practice. This thought had a certain influence on Cai Yuanpei, Yan and even the presidents of modern China. John has made a positive contribution to world education.
At the same time, john dewey left many works for later generations. It involves science, art, politics and religion. Including freedom and culture, children and teaching materials, the change of philosophy, freedom and culture, my educational creed, human problems and other books. It provides "experience" for future generations to learn from.
As a representative of pragmatism, john dewey turned pragmatism into a unique American cultural tradition. This is john dewey's achievement.
John dewey's evaluation
The evaluation of Dewey mainly comes from his contribution.
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First of all, john dewey was a great educator and philosopher. There is no doubt about it. Together with Dewey Peirce and James, they are considered as important representatives of American pragmatic philosophy.
His thought was very popular in the 1920s, and it was a new educational standard. However, the good times did not last long. In the early 1930s, Dewey's educational theory was criticized. Baglai, the proponent of essentialism, believes that progressive education has no requirement for academic performance; Learning has no system and order; Not paying attention to basic education leads to low educational efficiency; Abandon the subject of education and despise the role of education. Hutchins, a supporter of eternalism, believes that Dewey's educational theory ignores the importance of learning knowledge and mastering morality; Ignoring the development of human reason; Hutchins believes that education is not a copy of life itself, but a preparation for life.
Therefore, Dewey's educational thought was criticized in 1930s. It is precisely because of this evaluation that many teaching systems and methods appeared in the United States at that time, which further affected the development of the progressive education movement and the new education movement.
It was not until the 1960s that Dewey's educational theory was re-mentioned and re-evaluated. John dewey is regarded as a great man in the history of world educational thought. His educational theory is not only systematic, standardized, comprehensive and detailed, but also has a new flavor of the times for modern education.
The evaluation of Dewey will become more and more objective with the passage of time.