John Dewey · Philosophy

Learning by Doing: The School as a Miniature Society

Dewey’s attack on the ‘pouring-in’ model of schooling and his alternative: education is not preparation for a distant life but living itself, and the school should be a working miniature community where children learn through shared, purposeful activity.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Dewey rejected the ‘pouring-in’ picture of education (the child as an empty vessel), held that education is a process of living rather than a preparation for future living, and argued the school should be a miniature community where learning grows out of shared activity. Explain these idea…

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