Saturday, July 11, 2015

What does John Dewey mean by saying that there is no difference between the faith in education and the continuous faith in the human nature?

Because Dewey believed in the inherently good nature of
humanity, he thought that education should help individuals to achieve self-realization.
Yet, this is not to be interpreted in individualistic terms as Dewey believed that
self-realization could only be achieved in contributions to the well-being of the
community to which individuals belong. Therefore education should help children to
develop into citizens of democratic societies. Dewey supported the introduction of newer
teaching approaches to make schools cooperative institutions which could effectively
shape the democratic potential in each pupil. Schools should also not merely reproduce
the existing social order, but in Dewey's idealistic view should be the main driving
force for social change.

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