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John Dewey, played a pivotal role in the Progressive education movement in America. He was focused on making the American education system more democratic and child-centered. He planned on having the children learn through experience and that education should include real-life material. Dewey also believed that the teacher played an important role in education. Dewey believed that education should be enjoyable, but enjoyment is not to be used as a measure of how educational the activity is. To Dewey, the teacher's role was to be observe the children closely and intently, so that they educator can plan the curriculum around the children's interests and experiences. The teacher should also be confident in his or her's training and to use their knowledge to expand the children's knowledge. He was the founder of the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago.

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Links: [|Dewey's Pedagogical Creed] [|The John Dewey Society] [|Free E-book of Dewey's "The Child and the Curriculum"]

Reference Mooney, C.G. (2000). //Theories of childhood: An introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget & Vygotsky.// Upper Saddle River, NJ; Pearson.