Full Name: John Dewey
Born: 1859
Died: 1952
Hometown: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Fave Subjects: Teaching and Learning, Art and Beauty, Truth and Knowledge, Power, Human Minds
Career Highlights:
- taught all ages of students, from primary school to university
- founded a whole new kind of school, based on freedom
- wrote almost 40 books
- had his picture on a postage stamp
Big Question: How do people really learn new things?
Find out more about Mr. Dewey and his big ideas here!