John Dewey

education life

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

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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"democracy needs to be reborn in each generation, and education is its midwife"

—John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“a problem well put is half solved.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not preparation for life but is life itself.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alteration of old beliefs. ”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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“The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.”

― John Dewey (1859-1952)

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"Today, modern technologies, from mathematical stock prediction methods to medical imaging machines, compete for confidence promised by religion and authority"

― John Dewey (1859-1952)