John Dewey’s “Educational Progressivism”

John Dewey’s “Educational Progressivism”

Objectives:

• Who was John Dewey?
• What does Educational Progressivism means?
• What is the purpose of education?

John Dewey
(0ctober 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952)

• American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer
• Founder of philosophical school of Pragmatism
• Father of Functional Psychology
• Educational Progressivism

Educational Progressivism

1. The main principle of educational progressivism is that humans are social animals who learn best in real-time activities.
2. Instructors should focus on providing students with the necessary skills and knowledge to survive and to succeed in our competitive society.
3. Strong emphasis on problem-based learning to develop problem solving and analysis skills (For example, instructor posing questions the exercise students’ minds in a practical manner)

Purpose of Education

"The purpose of education is to enhance individual effectiveness in society and give learners’ practical knowledge and problem-solving skills."

Based on John Dewey's model of learning instructors should:

1. Become aware of the goal,
2. Define the objectives,
3. Propose hypotheses to achieve the goal,
4. Evaluate the consequences of the hypotheses from one's past experience, and
5. Test the most likely solution.

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The Moodle Philosophy

Moodle is designed based on a learning style which is called Social Constructionist Pedagogy.

With simply words, that means that people learn best by interacting with each other, student to instructor, instructor to student(s), student to student(s) etc. General speaking we can say that the difference between a traditional class and the social constructionist philosophy is the difference between a lecture and a discussion. Also, this was the teaching method/style that Socrates has introduced in the ancient greek education best known as dialectic method. Furthermore, Moodle offers eleven kinds of interactive course material. The first six refer to the interaction between student and teacher,

1. Assignment,
2. Choice (a single question),
3. Journal,
4. Lesson (branching activity),
5. Quiz,
6. Survey (only available to the teacher, student),

and the last five refer to the interaction between student(s)

1. Chat
2. Forum
3. Glossary (students contribute terms to site-wide glossaries
4. Wiki
5. Workshop