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John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont on October 20, 1859. John was the third of four sons. -
John Dewey was enrolled at the University of Vermont at 15 years old. Dewey graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1879.
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Dewey received his doctorate in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in 1884.
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John Dewey started teaching at the University of Michigan, where he would teach for 10 years. During this time he wrote his first two books: Psychology (1887), and Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding (1888). These books displayed Dewey's dedication to Hegelian idealism.
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John Dewey published the pamphlet "The School and the Society". Dewey believed the old style of education was not productive, students need to be active instead of just sitting down memorizing the information. The publishing of the pamphlet is what made him famous. -
Dewey's tenure at the Chicago University was highlighted by the empirically based theory of knowledge later known as pragmatism. During this time John released four essays entitled collectively "Thought and its Subject-Matter". Dewey developed extensive and often systematic views in ethics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion. (Hildebrand 2021).
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After retiring from active teaching in 1930 Dewey continued actively as a productive philosopher. But for the forty plus years of being an educator, there aren't many that have impacted the future of education as much as John Dewey. -
John Dewey died in New York, NY on 06/01/1952 at the age of 92.
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Hildebrand, David, "John Dewey", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/dewey/.
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