John Dewey

Quotes

• “For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism becomes so involved in reaction against oth...”
• “As we have seen there is some kind of continuity in any case since every experience affects for better or worse the atti...”
• “Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learni...”
• “Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”
• “To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.”
• “The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.”
• “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
• “a problem well put is half solved.”