An Ananlysis Of John Dewey’s Philosophy Of Education And Its Relevance To The Contemporary Society

ABSRACT John Dewey is an American philosopher, an educator, social reformer, psychologist and a pragmatist who knew the importance of Education and the role it plays in the society. In John Dewey’s philosophy of education, he criticised the traditional theories of education because it was based on some erroneous conception of human nature and was not able to show the relevance of education in the contemporary society.The traditional theories of education practised a system that was based on information and skills that have been practised and worked out in the past and transferred into the pres…