John Dewey

There are many people that can be thanked for the success of education. However, there are specific people who are recognized in the field of education, who have helped shape the society of education due to their theories. John Dewey was one of the most popular educational theorists, and I agreed with a lot of his theories and philosophies.

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John Dewey, born in 1859, believed that students should learn by being involved in real-life scenarios, tasks and challenges. For instance, he belived that math could be taught by learning about the different proportions used while cooking; history could be learned by experiencing how people lived, ect. What Dewey was most known for, was his ability to suggest these activities that captured the lesson of what he was currently teaching his students. Dewey had a profound effect on progressive education. Progressive education was a movement that began in the late nineteenth century, focusing on learning by doing -- working with hands, strong emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving.

Dewey also wrote a number of books, including Democracy and Education, Logic, and Experience and Education. However, these were only his major works, he wrote many others. I firmly believe that Dewey's theories on education were and still are beneficial to students today. Vocational schools are the best example of how Dewey's theories are still used today. Many students learn better by working with their hands, rather than sitting in a classroom all day being taught out of a book. I firmly believe that this option, to learn though doing, should be available to all students everywhere. I think that this is the most beneficial way of learning, as many things that are taught, need to be experienced in order to learn them properly.

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