John Dewey: A Look at His Contributions to Curriculum

Latasha Holt

doi:10.7336/academicus.2020.21.12

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Latasha Holt University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA 0000-0002-0922-1083

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7336/academicus.2020.21.12

Abstract

This article provides a thorough analysis of John Dewey and his theory experimentalism. John Dewey was a leader in education and philosophy of his time. Still today his ideologies have a place in educational curriculums across the globe. John Dewey believed that students learn from human experiences. Furthermore, Dewey believed that student experiences shape the future decisions that a learner engages in. Although Dewey’s work faced scrutiny, Dewey’s thoughts are still relevant in education reform today. This article resurfaces the need for whole child research considerations and inclusive learner experiences like Dewey’s work many years ago when making educational decision and building curriculum that meet the needs of individuals to promote a positive global change.

Keywords:

experimentalism, curriculum, John Dewey, educational reform, global impact

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References

Berkson, I. B. (1958). The ideal and the Community.

Boydston, J. A. (1969). The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953 (37 Volumes).

Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and education. Simon and Schuster.

Dewey, J. (1902). The child and the curriculum. (No.5). University of Chicago Press.

Dewey, J. (1967). The School and the Society: Rev. Ed. University of Chicago Press.

Dewey, J. (1989). The Later Works of John Dewey, 1949-1952: 1949-1952, Essays, Typescripts, and Knowing and the Known (Vol. 16). SIU Press.

Hlebowitsh, P. S. (2006). John Dewey and the idea of experimentalism. Education and Culture, 22(1), 73-76.

James, A., & Prout, A. (Eds.). (2015). Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood. Routledge.

Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. John Wiley & Sons.

Marsonet, M. (2013). Pragmatism and Science. Academicus International Scientific Journal, 4(08), 101-109.

McLeod, S. (2007). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Simply Psychology, 1.

Miller, H. (1958). A Scholarly Critique of Dewey and Experimentalism in Education. The Journal of Educational Sociology, 133-140.

Noddings, N. (2005). What does it mean to educate the whole child? Educational leadership, 63(1), 8.

Rushton, S., & Juola-Rushton, A. (2008). Classroom learning environment, brain research and the no child left behind initiative: 6 years later. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(1), 87-92.

Simpson, D. J., & Stack, S. F. (Eds.). (2010). Teachers, leaders, and schools: Essays by John Dewey. SIU Press.

Slade, S., & Griffith, D. (2013). A whole child approach to student success. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 10(3).

Waks, L. J. (1998). Experimentalism and the flow of experience. Educational Theory, 48(1), 1-19.