Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative th…

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Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience. ✨ John Dewey (1998). Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition, p.13, Kappa Delta Pi
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Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. ✨ John Dewey (1972). The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays, p.87, SIU Press
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 qu … ▶
To be born, to live and to die is merely to change forms... And what does one form matter any more than another?... Each form has its own sort of happiness and unhappiness. From the elephant down to … ▶
Schools should take an active part in directing social change, and share in the construction of a new social order ✨ John Dewey (1987). The Later Works, 1925-1953, p.408, SIU Press
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Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience. ✨ John Dewey (1998). Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition, p.13, Kappa Delta Pi

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