"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
"democracy needs to be reborn in each generation, and education is its midwife"
—John Dewey (1859-1952)
“We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“a problem well put is half solved.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not preparation for life but is life itself.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“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)
“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
“The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.”
― John Dewey (1859-1952)
"Today, modern technologies, from mathematical stock prediction methods to medical imaging machines, compete for confidence promised by religion and authority"
― John Dewey (1859-1952)