John Dewey

John Dewey (20 October 1859 - June 1st 1952) was an American psychologist and philosopher. He was born in Burlington, Vermont. Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont.Shavit, David The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary Greenwood Press page 129 He later taught at many schools. In September 1882, Dewey went to the Johns Hopkins UniversityDykhuizen, George John Dewey at Johns Hopkins (1882-1884) Journal of the History of Ideas University of Pennsylvania Press 1961 and studied philosophy and psychology and published the paper, "The New Psychology" in the Andover Review in 1884.Rockefeller, Steven (1991) John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic Humanism Columbia University Press New York page 91  Afterwards, he taught psychology at universities and later on, got married to his former student Alice Chipman.Rockefeller, Steven (1991) John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic Humanism Columbia University Press New York page 44  In 1886, he started a new school which came to be known as the "Laboratory School" or "Dewey School".  This school taught pragmatism, which says that a school's curriculum should be based on everyday life, lessons, and focuses on hands-on activities to better help students learn. His wife Alice was principal of the "Dewey School" from 1901 to 1904.Rockefeller, Steven (1991) John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic Humanism Columbia University Press New York page 228  After he retired as a teacher, he continued watching and figuring the society and politics.  John Dewey died in 1952.

Theory
John Dewey believed in the "theory of inquiry", which shows how animals survived in their environment. He used the theory in the way he taught.  He said that children learn best with real-life problems and hands-on activities.  His most well-known essay was "The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology" (1896) which created the stimulus that became the response, which later became known as social behaviorism.  For example, a person focuses on something, decides what to do, then acts on the decision.

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