Topic Title

Philosophical Thoughts on Education

John Dewey

I. Introduction:
John Dewey was born on October 20 1859 in Burlington, Vermonts, United States. Was an American
philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars
in the first half of the twentieth century.
John Dewey (1859–1952) developed a theory of education that emphasized the importance of experiential
learning or, in simpler terms, "learning by doing." He was a prominent advocate of actively engaging
students in learning situations, instead of passively offering them learning material and expecting them to
absorb it. His theory is known as John Dewey's theory of education, and it has been used as a tool for
educational and social reform within classrooms for decades. .
John Dewey believed that education should be a process of active engagement between instructors and
learners. He contradicted the traditional classroom method of passively transmitting information from
teacher to student.
II. Content:
John Dewey ( 1859-1952)- Learning Through Experience
•John Dewey's theory essentially comprises a set of instructional concepts and principles that highlight a
learner's active role in their own learning. The baseline of his work is grounded in pragmatism, the tangible
consequences of the inner workings of a concept or a practice.
• Experiential learning
• Social learning and social interaction
• Collaborative learning
• Critical reflection
• Curriculum integration
• World experience
• Questioning
• Emotional responses
• Activity Title:
* Interactive discussion
III. Guidelines:
-The class will be divided into 3 groups.

- In this activity, every group must discuss the philosophical thoughts on Education of John Dewey, after the
discussion i will choose 1 representative from each group to share what they have been discussed.

IV. Rubrics:

Beginning Developing Accomplished Excellent Score

10 10 10 20

Content Information is off Repeats Information is Factually correct

topic, incorrect or resources but factually correct reflective and
irrelevant to the does not add but lacks full substantive
discussion substantive development of contribution
 information to concept of which advances
the discussion thoughts discussion

Delivery Holds no eye Displays minimal Consistent use of Holds attention of

contact with eye contact with direct eye contact entire audience
audience, as audience while with audience but with the use of
entire report is reading mostly still returns to direct eye
read from notes from the notes notes contact, seldom
looking at notes

Contributing Did not Contributed to Contributed ideas Contributed ideas

ideas to contribute to the discussion discussion a good to discussion an
discussion discussion at all amount excellent amount

V. Reference/s:
*https://theeducationhub.org.nz/deweys-educational-philosophy/
*https://elearningindustry.com/john-deweys-theory-reforming-education-through-experiential-learning
*https://www.biography.com/scholar/john-dewey

Prepared by: Sherlyn Lou V. Maglasang