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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."
==External Links==
*[http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Books/Euth/Euth05-04.htm Critique of traditional theories of education]