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Evelyn Riggs Dewey (1889–1965) was an American education reformer and social activist and author of several books on education. Prior to her education work, she was involved in the Women's Trade Union League , particularly concerning the New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 .
Alice Chipman Dewey (September 7, 1858 – July 14, 1927) was an American education reformer, philosopher, and feminist.She was instrumental in the development of progressive educational practices alongside her husband, philosopher John Dewey.
John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont, to a family of modest means. [17] He was one of four boys born to Archibald Sprague Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich Dewey. Their first son was also named John , but he died in an accident on January 17, 1859.
This list of publications by John Dewey complements the partial list contained in the John Dewey article. Dewey (1859–1952) was an American philosopher , psychologist , and educational reformer , whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world.
Experience and Education is a short book written in 1938 by John Dewey, a pre-eminent educational theorist of the 20th century. It provides a concise and powerful analysis of education . [ 1 ] In this and his other writings on education, Dewey continually emphasizes experience, experiment, purposeful learning, freedom, and other concepts of ...
William Heard Kilpatrick (November 20, 1871 – February 13, 1965) was an American pedagogue and a pupil, a colleague and a successor of John Dewey. Kilpatrick was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.
The child in this system is an afterthought; education is structured in a certain way, and the child must bend to it. [7]: 49–51 Dewey proposes a different "center of gravity" for the instruction: the child him- or herself. [7]: 51 This, Dewey claims, is how children are educated in an ideal home setting. Children naturally incline to ...
Jane Mary Dewey was born in Chicago, the daughter (and sixth child) of philosopher John Dewey and educator Alice Chipman Dewey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her parents named her in honor of Jane Addams , an activist, sociologist, and reformer; and Mary Rozet Smith , a philanthropist who was Addams's longtime companion.