Insight John Dewey: Education’s Charles Darwin Toronto spent the past week debating education, wringing its collective hands over a proposal to introduce boys-only schools.

Dewey argued that children learn from using their entire bodies in meaningful experiences. That is why, in his 1916 text, “ Democracy and Education,” Dewey called for schools to be “equipped ...

Dewey argued that children learn from using their entire bodies in meaningful experiences. That is why, in his 1916 text, “ Democracy and Education,” Dewey called for schools to be “equipped ...

But many of us would submit that the title ought to go to John Dewey (1859–1952), who has had a more profound, lasting, and damaging influence. Dewey is honorary president for life of the ...

BOOK EXCERPT How professor John Dewey, BR Ambedkar’s teacher, inspired him with his liberal and progressive ideas An excerpt from ‘A Matter of The Heart: Education in India,’ by Anurag Behar.

Poorly chosen words, to say the least. How was Dewey to interpret them other than to think his father believed he had no rightful place in the family? John Dewey was something of a replacement child ...