John Dewey
Theories
Background
Constructivist Theory
Americas Foremost Philosopher
Born in the 19th Century in 1859
Philosopher of Education
Lived until 1952
Influences
He experienced WWII
Atom Bomb
Jean Piaget
He established his own school
He built it with his wife Alice
Wrote for the public
Children Learn Best When They Interacted With Their Environments
He began his career as a professor
University of Michigan
Cognitive Development
Teachers should not only teach, but assist the students
Charles Darwin
Theory of Natural Selection
Learners construct knowledge rather than just passively take in information
Didn't see any artificial division between academic and vocational learning
John Locke
Education was a means to building a “critical consciousness” that would enable people to create change in their lives
Richard Rorty
The creation of a culture of global human rights in order to stop violations from happening through a sentimental education
Williams James
Human experience of emotion arises from physiological changes in response to external events
Plato
Theory of Forms