John Dewey Research Paper

After reflecting on the timeline and journey into the history of (ECE) Early Childhood Education, I find that all historians’ philosophy and professional expressions was inspirational. Even though all historians was interesting in their field and profession; there’s just one historian that I’ve enjoyed learning about which is John Dewey. John Dewey’s philosophy had provided a couple of wonderful techniques in the early childhood education which is still used in today’s generation. In other words, John Dewey influenced the concept of “early care and education” which shaped the theory on teaching every child, every class and every experience that translated our history into educational practice. In addition, John Dewey (1858- 1952) made

I feel that he doesn’t want children to get bored because if they do they’re not going to be able to learn the materials that are given. According to Dewey, children should be learning in group settings which then provide social play and direct contact with other students. I agree with his statement because Dewey’s ideas and profession focused on the nature of the child and teaching techniques. Plus Dewey’s whole philosophy was based on the children’s perspective and

I’ve never really understand the early childhood curriculum until now. I believe early care and education had gone through a lot back in the late 1700’s through the early 1900’s but it came a long way. Back then there weren’t a lot of resources for children to play with and also being able to build they’re social, physical, and intellectual skills. But in today’s generation we have more than enough materials for the children needs to be meet individually. Plus the furniture used to be benches or a chair-desk now because of Dewey ideas the tables are separate from the chairs so the tables and chairs are movable. As well Dewey made his own philosophy table which was called “My Pedagogic Creed” that’s where his beliefs and ideas will be more defined in detail. (Washington, DC: The Progressive Education Association, 1897) Although John Dewey was my favorite philosopher there are two more historians who I believe are in the same category as Dewey in early childhood education. The other two historians are Patty Smith Hill, and John Comenius. I feel that these three historians are connected in the same areas. Their main focus was on the children, plus they strived their best to find new ways to meet the child needs of learning. Most importantly the historian’s beliefs and accomplishments are