Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and…John Dewey
“Arriving at one point is the starting point to another.”
“Arriving at one point is the starting point to another.”
— JOHN DEWEY
Philosopher and educator · 1859 – 1952
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer, a central figure in pragmatism. His ideas on learning by doing profoundly shaped progressive education.
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