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- In education, pragmatism is an approach to learning and teaching that focuses on keeping things practical. Its key theorist is John Dewey. It has four principles: Unity, Interest, Experience, and Integration. Pragmatic teachers use active project-based learning strategies in the classroom and focus on topics relevant to students’ lives.
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Sep 9, 2020 · Dewey’s theory of pragmatism (with its emphasis on inquiry) is then set out within the contexts of philosophy and education, with special emphasis on its relevance to science education. Dewey and the Origins of Pragmatism
- Fran Riga
- fr223@cam.ac.uk
- 2020
Feb 1, 2024 · Dewey’s educational philosophy highlights “pragmatism,” and he saw the purpose of education as the cultivation of thoughtful, critically reflective, and socially engaged individuals rather than passive recipients of established knowledge.
This article considers pragmatic approaches to philosophy of education and philosophy. It distinguishes the philosophies of education advanced by pragmatists and evaluates the reliance of these philosophies on distinctively pragmatist methods or doctrines.
Dec 13, 2019 · We indicate the possibilities for pragmatist philosophy of education to engage with diverse bodies of thought, moving away from an insular focus on one or two philosophers, and a diversity of locations where philosophy is active and conducted.
- Colin Koopman, Darren Garside
- 2019
Oct 16, 2024 · John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator who was a founder of the philosophical movement known as pragmatism, a pioneer in functional psychology, and a leader of the progressive movement in education in the United States.
Dec 13, 2019 · TRANSITIONALIST-ACTIONISTIC PRAGMATISM AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION. In the preceding section, we have elaborated the desirability of a conduct pragmatism that emphasises the neglected dimension of action, hitherto sidelined in pragmatist philosophies taking experience and reflection as their centre.
The papers range from the historical to the philosophical, and cover a variety of pragmatists, from Dewey, James and Mead, to Jane Addams and Mary Parker Follett. Each essay considers both the philosophical ideas of its subject and the relation of those ideas to German pedagogical thought in the twentieth cen- tury.