John Dewey

I found the beginning of this article hard to follow im not sure if it was because of the words he used or just how he explained his beliefs but i think i agree with him in the first section about educational process has two sides, psychological and sociological. I do though definitely agree with him when he says that, "education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living" because its true i mean we may think that the puropose of school is to give us an education for the future but really its to teach us how to learn so that we can learn everyday. Even after you graduate highschool or college you still are learning new things everyday. He also says, "I believe that interests are the signs and symptoms of growing power. Accordingly the constant and careful observation of interests is of the utmost importance for the educator". I agree with that also because if we as teachers want our students to pay attention we need to know what their interested in so we can somehow incorporate those interests into the lessons. John has a lot of beliefs when it comes to education and schools a lot of which i couldnt follow but some of which i was able to interpret and understand.