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John Dewey (1859-1952) was a philosopher of education who advocated of instrumentalism. He sought the reconstruction of society through education in which children learned for themselves from the environment rather than from teachers.

Quotes

  • "education is all one with growing; it has no end beyond itself,"
  • "education consists primarily of transmission through communication,"
  • "education is a constant reorganizing or reconstructing of experience."

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