Birth 1859
High School Teacher - 1870s
University of Chicago - Laboratory School 1896-1904
Columbia University & Columbia's Teachers College 1904-1930
d. 1952
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The democratic faith in human equality is belief that every human being, independent of the quantity or range of his personal endowment, has a right to equal opportunity with every other person for development of whatever gifts he has.
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View short movie by Dr. Larry Hickman, the director of the Center for Dewey Studies in Illinois Davidson Films
Dewey Links
Center for Dewey Studies
JohnDewey.ORG
John Dewey Society
American Pragmatism
Biography
Internet Encyclopedia
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Assignment
Create web pages, hypertext lesson, powerpoint, podcast/rss feed or movie on a topic of interest regarding John Dewey.
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Plato's Light & Education, Bk 7 (518c)
(key word search: professors of education)
John Dewey's Democratic
Education
Today's Democratic Education - Real Life
Compare Democratic Education with Others
Discuss Democracy and Education by Dewey
Discuss Paulo Freire's Conception of Democracy in Education
Compare Freire with Dewey
Apply Democratic Principles in the classroom
Create "democratic" lesson plans
