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Dewey, John

  1. A philosopher and educational reformer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As a philosopher, Dewey followed pragmatism , and its practical orientation carried over into his educational ideas, which became the basis of progressive education .


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What would John Dewey have done if Mr. Chen had burst into his Chinese abode and asked for help?

Henry Adams wrote X, John Dewey wrote Y, Walter Lippmann wrote Z; do you agree or not, and why?

I am indebted to Professor John Dewey for many valuable suggestions and criticisms in connection with this part of my study.

Dr. John Dewey, in some late remarks upon the American universities, has perhaps shown the cause thereof.

“The churches performed an inestimable social function in frontier expansion,” says John Dewey.

Chicago University has during the past six months given birth to the fruit of its ten years of gestation under John Dewey.

Philosophy so used is, as John Dewey somewhere says, a mode and organ of experience among many others.

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