His work was perhaps the most influential on Pragmatism from the standpoint of science. His theory of evolution helped foster examination of many areas of intellectual inquiry and the cosmology of development.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
Most often defined on a resume, Dewey defines this as not isolated from nature, rather this is" of and in nature"
What is experience?
100
Pragmatists hold that ends and means cannot be artificially separated. That is, they are sensitive to this ethical theory you might remember from "the Ethics of Teaching" Strike/Soltice 2009.
What is consequential?
100
Often described as "open", "professional", or "high"; A person must first interact with this if they hope to make changes to it.
What is society?
100
Pragmatism is often mistakenly associated with this liberal education philosophy.
What is progressivism?
200
This man established inductive methodologies for scientific inquiries ("Scientific Method") which is applied by pragmatists to various things such as art, education and even ethics, but probably not to fatty breakfast meat.
Who is Francis Bacon?
200
Dewey held that this conviction, legally separated from state, had a negative effect on democratic society because it tends to separate and classify people.
What is religion?
200
The view that the individual's mind at birth is without mental content. "A blank slate"
What is Tabula Rasa?
200
To enhance and improve experience, produce knowledge; and delegate teaching (hint. Tuxedo)
What is place of formal education?
200
A process of helping students identify problems and study organized knowledge in order to understand how social life developed from the past and what things need to be maintained and what things need to be changed. - Guide learners in their experiences
What is Teaching?
300
Although during his life he was never able to "perforate" the bubble of popular recognition, this man's works influenced pragmatists with his conclusions that ideas are little more than hypotheses until tested on the anvil of experience.
Who is Charles Sanders Pierce?
300
While Dewey believed this holds many scientific aspects, it remains primarily an art. The most supreme art form, the Art of ___________.
What is Education?
300
This knowledge or skill gained through involvement or exposure gives pragmatism an environmental orientation.
What is experience?
300
This philosophy is a direct descendant of pragmatism, focusing on social issues such as race.
What is Neopragmatism?
300
Pragmatists believe all of this is related.
What is knowledge?
400
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he insisted that environment was important in the shaping of human experience and thought, and that a child's interests should guide education.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
400
Dewey thought these traits should be acquired by individual participation in the social context and its cultural heritage.
What is Moral?
400
Fundamentally important to pragmatism, this process developed by Francis Bacon, is applied by pragmatists to the problems of humanity to secure a more democratic/humane way of life for all.
What is the scientific method?
400
This leader was influenced by pragmatism and felt that all African Americans should work together to fight prejudice, even if caused disruption
Who was W.E.B. Dubois?
400
Pragmatists hold that education is a process of this because there are always new things to learn, and different things to experience.
What is experimentation?
500
Emphasized science was more than just a concern with physical matter but also could be used to solve social problems.
Who is Auguste Comte?
500
Dewey sometimes preferred these two terms over pragmatism as he felt people should test ideas and proposals before acting on them, and engage in critical appraisal and reflective assessment after trying them out
What are Experimentalism and Instrumentalism?
500
This abstract method of reasoning, so characteristic of of pragmatism was once illustrated by George Herbert Mead - he held that children (when viewed using this method) do not learn to be social, rather they have to be social to learn.
What is inductive?
500
The two wings of the Progressive education movement
What are hard and soft?
500
The concept of experimentation is basic to pragmatism. This name of Dewey's school in Chicago illustrates his view that education should be experimental.