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“Education is a regulation of the process of coming to share in the social consciousness; and that the adjustment of individual activity on the basis of this social consciousness is the only sure method of social reconstruction.”

Quote by John Dewey

Book:The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays

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The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays

The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early essays is a compilation of early essays showcasing the author's thoughts and perspectives during the specified time period. more

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John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator, born on October 20, 1859, and died on June 1, 1952. He was a leading figure in the philosophy of pragmatism and had a profound impact on 20th-century education, philosophy, and the social sciences. more

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Source: Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

“Men have gone on to build up vast intellectual schemes, philosophies, and theologies, to prove that ideals are not real as ideals but as antecedently existing actualities. They have failed to see that in converting moral realities into matters of intellectual assent they have evinced lack of moral faith.”

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Source: James and Dewey on Belief and Experience

“Men live in a community in virtue of the things which they have in common; and communication is the way in which they come to possess things in common. What they must have in common in order to form a community or society are aims, beliefs, aspirations, knowledge - a common understanding - likemindedness as the sociologists say.”

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Source: The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education