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John Dewey Quotes

John Dewey quotes

American Philosopher October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952

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Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry. John Dewey
Were all instructors to realize that the quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth something hardly less than a revolution in teaching would be worked. John Dewey
Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "No man's credit is as good as his money."
No man's credit is as good as his money. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some..."
One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a..."
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. John Dewey
We always live at the time we live and not at some other time, and only by extracting at each present time the full meaning of each present experience are we prepared for doing the same thing in the future. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "The self is not something ready-made, but something in..."
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind."
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. John Dewey
The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity. John Dewey
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving…conflict is a sine qua non of reflection and ingenuity. John Dewey
The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. John Dewey
There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts and truths possess educational value in and of themselves is the reason why traditional education reduced the material of education so largely to a diet of predigested materials. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its..."
The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end. John Dewey
John Dewey quote: "Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists."
Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists. John Dewey

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