Full Name: John Dewey
Born: 1895
Died: 1982
Hometown: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Fave Subjects: Art and Beauty, Teaching and Learning, Truth and Knowledge, Power, Human Minds
Career Highlights:
- taught all ages of students, from primary school to university
- founded a new kind of school
- believed in allowing learners lots and lots of freedom
- wrote almost 40 books
- had his picture on a postage stamp
Big Question:
How do people learn new things?
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