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The Holy Grail of Education (Dewey Post #5)
“I believe that the school must represent life - life as real and vital to the child as that which he carries on in the home, in the neighborhood,…
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Getting Back on the Bike (Dewey Post #4)
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” - John Dewey It…
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Art is Communication (Dewey Post #3)
"Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists." - John Dewey I might argue that art, or more exactly, the arts, are the only forms of communication…
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Process Not Product (Dewey Post #2)
“Were all instructors to realize that the quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth something hardly less than a revolution…
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Preparing Students (Dewey Post #1)
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” - John Dewey We’ve all used the phrase lifelong learner before. It’s a buzz word that I hear whenever…
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5 Questions with… Ron Berger
I am always on the lookout for resources that I can share with teachers. At a conference a few years ago, the presenter shared a video called Austin's Butterfly, which…