John Dewey:
John Dewey's writings are recognized to be the most comprehensive and influential works on experiential education. Bellow are some of his most famous passages.
"An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory simply because it is only in experience that theory has vital and verifiable significance."
"...education in order to accomplish its ends both for the individual learner and for society must be based upon experience which is always the life experience of some individual."
Web Sites with Multiple Resources:
http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/JohnDeweyPhilosophyEducation.html -contains articles and links to other pages.
Biographical Articles:
Other Articles:
http://davidhildebrand.org/articles/hildebrand_teaching.pdf -excellent article on how Dewey's Pattern of Inquiry concept can be used to teach philosophy in a more engaging way.
Articles by John Dewey:
My Pedagogical Creed- very short statement on his educational beliefs. Can also be found in Experience and Nature.
Quotes by John Dewey:
Books by John Dewey: Most popular among his works are Democracy and Education, Experience and Nature, and How We Think. A good introduction to his philosophies can be found in Experience and Education.
(Dates given are of authorship) Books Available at Amazon.com Art as Experience, 1934![]()
The Child and the Curriculum, 1900
Democracy and Education: An introduction to the philosophy of education, 1916 The Early Works of John Dewey, 1882-98No Image Essays in Experimental Logic, 1916 Experience and Education, 1938![]()
Experience and Nature, 1925![]()
Freedom and Culture, 1935![]()
How We Think, 1910![]()
Human Nature and Conduct, 1922 Individualism Old and New, 1930![]()
The Influence of Darwin and Other Essays on Contemporary Thought, 1910 Liberalism and Social Action, 1935![]()
Logic: The theory of Inquiry, 1939 Philosophy and Civilization, 1931 Problems of Men, 1946 The Public and Its Problems, 1927 Reconstruction in Philosophy, 1920 The School and Society, 1900![]()
Theory of Valuation, 1939 The Quest for Certainty, 1929
Other books containing his writings:
"The Need for a Recovery of Philosophy," in Creative Intelligence, Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude. New York, Herny Holt and Co. "Experience, Knowledge and Value: A Rejoinder," in Paul Arthur Schilpp, ed., The philosophy of John Dewey. Evanston, Northwestern University Press. John Dewey and Arthur F. Bentley, Knowing and the Known. Boston, Beacon Press. Richard J. Vernstein, ed. Dewey on Experience, Nature and Freedom. New York, Library of Liberal Arts. Joseph Ratner, ed., Philosophy, Psychology and Social Practice. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Books about John Dewey:
Thomas Carlyle Dalton, Becoming John Dewey: Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2002. ![]()