"Learning by doing"
Dewey opposed rote instruction, holding that students learn by inquiring into real problems and treating the school as a laboratory of democratic life — still the core of progressive education.
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Dewey
Leading pragmatist and progressive educator
Those Who Ground an Idea Into a Whole System · Disciples & School-Builders
PragmatismPhilosophy of educationDemocracy
Who they are
Dewey (1859–1952), the great synthesizer of American pragmatism, held that thought is an instrument for solving problems (instrumentalism) and that knowledge is generated in "learning by doing." He anchored philosophy in education and democratic practice, profoundly shaping modern education.
Primary sourcesDewey, Democracy and Education, Experience and Nature
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Below are how modern works borrow or reinterpret this name or story — not the original material. The two differ, so keep them apart.
Progressive education"Learning by doing" is still a core slogan of modern educational theory.