![]() He had a firm belief that school should link learning to the experiences in the real world and a student-centered approach. It is an instrumental approach since it enables the students to adopt a child-centered progressive teaching method. “No thought, no idea, can be conveyed as an idea from one person to another….only by wrestling with the conditions of the problem first hand, seeking and finding his own way out, does he think.….the joy which children themselves experience is the joy of intellectual constructiveness.” Īccording to Dewey, an investigation is an essential tool for education. According to his theory, learning is a communal, social process that requires students to construct and establish their understanding based on their own experiences. ![]() He is presumed to be the father of constructivism. His book on introduction to the philosophy of education has remained an essential tool for education. He was a philosopher, educator, and a psychologist. ![]() John Dewey, in 1916 published a book, on Education and democracy. ![]()
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