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Angelica D. Garganta 21-2257-24A Med - Filipino Reflection On John Dewey'S Learning by Doing

John Dewey was an influential American philosopher and educator. He believed that traditional education robbed students of their future by teaching them in the same way as past students. Dewey advocated for a progressive philosophy of education known as pragmatism. He believed learning occurs through active engagement and experience rather than passive absorption. The author discusses how Dewey and constructivists like Piaget and Vygotsky viewed learning as an active process where learners connect new information to prior knowledge through interaction and reflection. Effective learning requires giving the short term memory small chunks of information and actively engaging in practice, not just passive practice.

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Angelica D. Garganta 21-2257-24A Med - Filipino Reflection On John Dewey'S Learning by Doing

John Dewey was an influential American philosopher and educator. He believed that traditional education robbed students of their future by teaching them in the same way as past students. Dewey advocated for a progressive philosophy of education known as pragmatism. He believed learning occurs through active engagement and experience rather than passive absorption. The author discusses how Dewey and constructivists like Piaget and Vygotsky viewed learning as an active process where learners connect new information to prior knowledge through interaction and reflection. Effective learning requires giving the short term memory small chunks of information and actively engaging in practice, not just passive practice.

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ANGELICA D.

GARGANTA 21-2257-24A
MED – FILIPINO

REFLECTION ON JOHN DEWEY’S LEARNING BY DOING

Dewey predicted that “if we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob
them of tomorrow.” (John Dewey, 1944). This made great sense to me while I was doing my
observation. During this period I observed that every teacher has a different learning and
teaching philosophy, therefore I would like to describe my own teaching and learning
philosophy and by whom I was influenced. In my discussion I will elaborate on the
philosopher: John Dewey with his philosophy: “Progressivism” and other philosophers: Jean
Piaget and Lev Vygotsky with their philosophy: “Constructivism”. I am also going to elaborate
on my ideas on teaching, learning and the children of the future in my class. At first I did not
even think about becoming a teacher as for me it seemed to be a lot of work. I’ve never seen
myself as one, yet I still enrolled in this course. I really do like helping people and going to a
school earlier in this year made me realize that I am in the right course, because simply by just
standing in the class and explaining an activity and their reaction to understanding it, brought
great pleasure and warmth to me. It was also amazing to me how some of them can transform
from not knowing how to do it to knowing how to – this is one of the many reasons why I want
to become a teacher .
The individual is actively involved in the process of thinking and learning. Vygotsky
together with Dewey came to the conclusion that learners/individuals connects new
information/knowledge with already existing knowledge. In constructivism the learner is
important and it is not teacher centred. Learners construct knowledge and their understanding,
asking themselves questions and interpreting their views followed by their interaction with their
environment and reflecting on context relevant to their learning will help them to understand
the information better.
So what have I learned? Active engagement and techniques which force you to work
harder to remember the material are the most effective ways to learn. Yet, you have to be
mindful of when to implement these techniques. Jump in too fast without laying a basic
groundwork for learning, and the benefits of learning by doing dissipate.
You have to give your short term memory bit sized chunks of information before you can
expect to gain the expertise in question. It’s time to update the old adage from ‘practice
makes perfect’ to the more accurate ‘actively engaged practice makes learning more
effective.’

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