Description

The purpose of this course is to provide a basic introduction to the work of John Dewey, one of America's most influential educators. This course provides a brief introduction to Dewey's life, main theories, and their application in an early care and education classroom. Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to recall important events in John Dewey's life that influenced his work, explain the primary assertions of Dewey's theories of education, describe how Dewey's theories affect the way we work with children in an early childhood classroom, critique their own practice in relation to Dewey's work.