John Dewey, America’s Education Reformer

Michael Sidiropoulos, BScEE, MEng

In a past article titled Pragmatism in America, we explored John Dewey’s position as a philosopher and saw that he is regarded by many scholars as the leading American philosopher of the twentieth century. We made only a passing reference to his work as the leading education reformer in America. We are ready to fill this gap now following a brief review of his…