John Dewey

Chipman and Dewey wanted to find the best way to educate children in America

Dewey established the Dewey's Laboratory School at the University of Chicago

One of Dewey's theory's was that children learn best when the interact with people

John Dewey was born in
Burlington Vermont
in 1859

Attended University of Vermont

Got a PhD at John Hopkins University in 1884

This Got him a teaching position at University of Michigan

Married Alice Chipman who was one of his students

Dewey got a job at the University of Chicago, he taught philosophy.

Dewey thought teachers should observe children

Children need to be able to be independent and work through situations

Progressive education was movement towards more child centered education

Dewey believed its educators job to plan and organize activities

He also believed teachers should have knowledge about children

His family had farmed in Vermont for 3 generations

He left Chicago and went to work at Columbia University for four more decades

Progressive education was liked but disliked at the same time

Dewey passed away in 1952

Parents were worried about the change because they grew up during the agricultural era

Another theory was that teachers should take interest and backgrounds of the children

Dewey also thought teachers need to have confidence when there planning their lessons

Dewey also believed teachers need to be sensitive to the values of the family's

teachers need to understand the nature of learning

Teachers need to be willing to grow beyond there general knowledge

Dewey didn't like either/or conversations

Dewey also thought some experience in school aren't educational

He criticized traditional formal teachings

Dewey also wasn't fond of teachers turing children turning children loose without offering guidence

All of this information is from Theories of childhood Second Addition

Dewey wrote My Pedagogic Creed

This book acknowledges the reasons why teachers need to teach children how to live in society

Dewey thought when kids engage in activities they shouldn't just be fun but educational

Alice was one of the biggest reasons why Dewey became so interested in studying education