John Dewey Quotes

Best 30+ John Dewey Messages, Quotes, and Images

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.

The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning.

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

All genuine education comes about through experience.

All genuine education comes about through experience.

The interaction of knowledge and skills with experience is key to learning.

The interaction of knowledge and skills with experience is key to learning.

All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate.

All learning begins when our comfortable ideas turn out to be inadequate.

I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.

I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.

Thinking is the accurate and deliberate instituting of connections between what is done and its consequences.

Thinking is the accurate and deliberate instituting of connections between what is done and its consequences.

One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.

One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.

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