"The Child and the Curriculum"
Nonfiction work
By: John Dewey
Date: 1902
Source: Dewey, John. The Child and the Curriculum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1902. Reprinted in Dworkin, Martin S., ed. Dewey on Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1959, 92, 94, 101–102, 105–108, 110–111.
About the Author: John Dewey (1859–1952), philosopher and educator, had an enormous impact on education as well as other fields of knowledge. Often considered the leader of the progressive education movement, he established the famous "Laboratory School" while a professor at the University of Chicago. In 1904, he accepted an appointment at Columbia University, where he taught philosophy and education until his retirement in 1939. He continued to speak and publish prolifically until the end of his life.
Introduction
Dewey's philosophy of education emphasized the motivations and...
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