John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and educator whose writings and teachings have had a profound influence on education in the United States.
Dewey's philosophy of education, instrumentalism (also called pragmatism), focused on learning-by-doing rather than rote learning and dogmatic instruction, the current practice of his day.
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