John Dewey
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American philosopher and educational reformer (1859 to 1952); author of Democracy and Education.
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Education is to social life what nutrition and reproduction are to physical life (opens korrents.com)
“What nutrition and reproduction are to physiological life, education is to social life.”
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The growth of formal schooling risks splitting school learning from direct experience (opens korrents.com)
“As formal teaching and training grow in extent, there is the danger of creating an undesirable split between the experience gained in more direct associations and what is acquired in school. This danger was never…”
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Attitudes and dispositions cannot be passed directly to the young, only through their environment (opens korrents.com)
“The development within the young of the attitudes and dispositions necessary to the continuous and progressive life of a society cannot take place by direct conveyance of beliefs, emotions, and knowledge. It takes…”
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Education is to social life what nutrition and reproduction are to physical life (opens korrents.com)