Education is growth.
Dewey discussed the essence of education from various angles many times in his own educational theory. His views on the essence of education can basically be summarized by three important arguments he put forward, namely, "education is growth", "education is life" and "education is the continuous transformation of experience".
Education has no purpose.
Dewey discussed the problem of educational purpose from many aspects, the most important of which is his discussion of "education has no purpose"
Learn by doing
The core of Dewey's educational theory system is his teaching theory, and "learning by doing" is the basic principle of all his teaching theories.