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Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone's knowing how to bring about a better condition of things than existed earlier.
John Dewey
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John Dewey
Age: 92 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 20
Died: 1952
Died: June 1
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Various epochs of the past have had their own characteristic struggles and interests. Each of these great epochs has left behind itself a kind of cultural deposit, like a geologic stratum. These deposits have found their way into educational institutions in the form of studies, distinct courses of study, distinct types of schools.
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Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking learning naturally results.
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Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools which humanity has so far devised for effectively directed reflection. One in that case not merely conducts inquiry and learning without the use of the best instruments, but fails to understand the full meaning of knowledge.
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Every subject at some phase of its development should possess, what is for the individual concerned with it, an aesthetic quality.
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The acquisition however perfectly of skills is not an end in itself. They are things to be put to use as a contribution to a common and shared life.
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To savages it would seem preposterous to seek out a place where nothing but learning was going on in order that one might learn.
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All education which develops power to share effectively in social life is moral.
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Despite the never ending play of conscious correction and instruction, the surrounding atmosphere and spirit is in the end the chief agent in forming manners.
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The need for growth, for development, for change, is fundamental to life.
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A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline.
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Intelligence is in constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant alertness in observing consequences, an open-minded will to learn, and courage in readjustment.
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There is not, in fact, any such thing as the direct influence of one human being on another apart from use of the physical environment as an intermediary. A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. Otherwise, the attitude of one would not get over to alter the attitude of another.
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There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.
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Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.
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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
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Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
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I do not think that any thorough-going modification of college curriculum would be possible without a modification of the methods of instruction.
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