John Dewey
MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD FOR CHILDREN
INVEST IN ORGANIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION
EDUCATION VS MIS-EDUCATION
THEORIES
The Teacher's Role
Have confidence when planning children experiences.
Observation of children
Believed it's the teacher job to decide the curriculum, based on what knowledge the children have and what they are capable of doing.
Observations determine the experience's the children are interested in.
Invest in observing,planning,organzing and documenting.
Children need a teacher to decide weather it's safe and appropriate to learn.
A successful education is to know the children well.
Invest time in planning the activity.
PLAN PURPOSEFUL CURRICULUM
Ask questions, make it interesting, document the children's answers. Inviting grown-ups to join the lesson and interact.
Get the children to have experiences, so that they can discover things they didn't know before.
Making sure the activity is qualified for the children age.
The activities doesn't always have to be about arts and crafts.
Learning to compare, making discoveries, analyzing the surroundings.
Giving the children real life experiences.
Teachers shouldn't be afraid to correct the child if they have the correct factual examples.
Connecting to the child and their interest.
Applying one's knowledge to the classroom
Know the child.
individualizing education.
Understanding how one as a teacher can help the children or their peers with child's learning.
Preparing the child for the life ahead.
Education and experience are connected but not alike. As some experiences aren't educational.(MIs-educative)
John Dewey criticized teachers that gave a assignment and not fallow through.
Randomly giving experiences without giving a theme or purpose.
Making it a successful way to educate. One should ask themselves.
"True education comes through the simulation of the child's power by the demands of the social situations in which he finds him self"(5)(Theories of Childhood 2nd edition)
John Dewey believed children would learn best when they interact with others, working side by side hands on.
"The child's own instincts and powers furnish the material and give the starting-point for all education"(6)(Theories of Childhood 2nd edition)
"I believe that education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for the future living"(8)(Theories of Childhood 2nd edition)
Dewey believed that planning should include the child's interest and background.
According to Dewey he thought education was apart of life, as long as people are living they're learning. The learning process should be relevant to present day.
"The school life should grow gradually out of home life...It is the business of the school to deepen and extend his[the child's] sense of the values bound up in his home life"(9) (Theories of Childhood 2nd edition)
Teacher's should be thoughtful and considerate of the families values and needs. As well as the families cultures.
"I believe, finally, that the teacher is engaged, not simply in the training of individuals, but in the formation of the proper social life"(17)(Theories of Childhood 2nd edition)
According to Dewey, teachers do not only teach a topic, but also teach how to live in the real world.
He believed that teachers needed to be confident and trust their knowledge and abilities.
Come up with activities to understand the social world and dispositions of learning.