There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts and truths possess educational value in and of themselves is the reason why traditional education reduced the material of education so largely to a diet of predigested materials.
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John Dewey was a 19th-century American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity
- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality