Research Paper On John Dewey

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The idea of continuing to follow the principles and practices of traditional schooling was just not working for our school. Continuous low achievement of students and on going issues with students dropping out, created the need for our school to do something different. The sitting in rows, usage of textbooks, constant lecturing at students was putting our school in a proverbial rut and our students and teachers were getting board. Therefore, the need to introduce a new teaching model was crucial. John Dewey presented his ideas in the 1930’s of how schooling needed to change from the traditional approach to the progressive approach and allow student experience to drive learning. Dewey states (1938) “This condition is satisfied only as the