5 notes tagged "pragmatism"
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john dewey instrumentalism pragmatism
John Dewey’s ideas relating to pragmatism , or as he referred to it, instrumentalism, is unique in insisting that philosophy should take the methods
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dewey reflective thinking
thinking could mean simply uncontrolled coursing of ideas in our heads, or the successions of imaginative incidents and episodes hanging together
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moving whole of interacting parts
knowledge is continually being appropriated, interacting with our environment, we acquire habits (patterns of probable behaviour unique to each
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experience action and continuity
three ways or actions through which one arrives at knowledge: experience - an action (especially physical) through which knowledge may be guided
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pragmatism learning theory
John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that formal schooling was falling short of its potential. He emphasised facilitating learning through promoting
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