At A Glance
JOHN DEWEY [ 1859 - 1952 ]

John Dewey is considered to be one of the few Americans of the 20^th century who "…can be acknowledged on a world scale as a spokesman for mankind."

Dewey softened the sharp contrasts in which philosophers, theologians, politicians and writers on cultural issues, have tended to trade. His mature philosophy spoke to a vast audience of readers who like himself felt a deep need to believe that science would not undermine faith. That racialism did not mean chaos and that a faith in community did not lead to an oppressive collectivism.Dewey described his life goal as the quest to obtain "a moderately clear and distinct idea of the problems that underline the difficulties and evils which we experience in practical life." In doing so he focalized his activities on the pedagogy, becoming by virtue of his research, one of the most important pedagogy studies of the last century.