As a representative of progressive education, what is Dewey's basic proposition?

Dewey believes that education is a process of children's life, not a preparation for future life. He said: life is development, and continuous development is life. Therefore, the best education is "learning from life and learning from experience". Education is to provide children with conditions to ensure their growth or complete life.

2. School is society.

Dewey believes that since education is a process of social life, school is a form of social life. He stressed that the school should "become a small society, a primary society."

3. Learning by doing

On the basis of criticizing traditional school education, Dewey put forward the basic principle of "learning by doing". Because people's initial knowledge and the most determined knowledge are all about how to do it.

4. Thinking and teaching

Dewey believes that good teaching must arouse children's thinking. The so-called thinking is a wise learning method, or a wise experience method in the teaching process. In his view, if there is no thinking, it is impossible to have a meaningful experience. Therefore, schools must provide situations that can arouse thinking experience.

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Dewey and the May 4th Movement

1965438+In early 2009, Professor Dewey and his wife Alice left the United States for the East. Originally, this was a purely leisure trip, but before they set off from San Francisco, Imperial University of Tokyo sent Dewey a telegram asking him to give a series of speeches, and he agreed. Later, he accepted the invitation of other Japanese academic groups and added many lectures. ?

Dewey's trip to the East was a good opportunity, so five academic groups in China jointly invited him. Although it was ruled by Beiyang government at that time, there was no restriction on the exchanges between non-governmental academic groups and foreigners. Five educational institutions invited him to give lectures in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and several other cities, and he accepted. It was initiated by Dewey disciples such as Hu Shi, Jiang Menglin and Tao Xingzhi, representing five groups including Jiangsu Education Association, Peking University and Peking University Zhixing Society. ?

The Dewey couple originally planned to return to the United States after the summer, but later they changed their plans and decided to stay in China for a whole year. This is because the May 4th Movement aroused their great interest and they wanted to see the truth. Columbia University gave Professor Dewey a one-year holiday, which was later extended to two years. Therefore, his total time in China was two years and two months, that is, from May of 19 19 to July of 192 1 year. ?

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