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Applying Dewey's Philosophy in Education

The document discusses applying John Dewey's educational philosophy in teaching. Dewey believed instruction should relate to students' daily lives through hands-on, practical learning. He felt students should have opportunities to think imaginatively and consider unlikely alternatives. Dewey also emphasized the importance of democracy in education and creating classrooms that reflect a small democratic community. The author agrees with Dewey's progressive approach and wants to apply learning by doing methods, exposing students to real-life challenges to solve through hands-on experience.

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Applying Dewey's Philosophy in Education

The document discusses applying John Dewey's educational philosophy in teaching. Dewey believed instruction should relate to students' daily lives through hands-on, practical learning. He felt students should have opportunities to think imaginatively and consider unlikely alternatives. Dewey also emphasized the importance of democracy in education and creating classrooms that reflect a small democratic community. The author agrees with Dewey's progressive approach and wants to apply learning by doing methods, exposing students to real-life challenges to solve through hands-on experience.

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Christian Rey H.

Balmori EDUC 27

Reflection:

For me, the principle that I would like to apply in teaching is the John Dewey educational
philosophy. According to Dewey's educational philosophy, teachers should provide their
students the chance to suspend judgment, contemplate possibilities in a playful way, and
investigate unlikely alternatives. Imagination is crucial for advancing thinking and learning.
According to Dewey, instruction should be applicable to students' daily life. He believed that
practical life skills development and hands-on learning were essential components of children's
education. Some Dewey critics believed that under his system, students wouldn't learn the
fundamentals of academics. Others thought that the teacher's authority and the sense of order
in the classroom would vanish. Dewey believed that democracy was the main ethical
requirement in education. According to him, every school should develop into "an embryonic
community life, active with types of occupations that reflect the life of the larger society and
permeated throughout with the spirit of art, history, and science. When the school exposes and
trains each child of society into participating in such a small community, engulfing him with love
and service, and giving him tools of effective self-direction, we shall have the future we desire.

I firmly believe in encouraging kids to participate in democratic classroom processes and


meaningful learning activities. Progressive education argued that pupils needed to be invested
in what they were learning, in contrast to prior styles of teaching that depended on
authoritarianism and rote learning. I want to apply the learning-by-doing scheme, wherein it's a
hands-on method of learning, so for students to adapt and learn, they must engage with their
surroundings. I envision that the students would be exposed in given difficult challenges from
real life, and the teachers would help them work through them by giving them hands-on
experience to discover the solution. For instance, when sewing and cooking lessons were to be
given in schools on a regular basis. These daily routines were to include teaching math,
reading, and writing. Building, cooking, and sewing all included educational elements and
served as representations of students' daily lives.

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