EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to John Dewey, schools must prepare students for
A
research
B
future life
C
present life
D
entrepreneurship
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -We must prepare our children not for the world of the past, not for our world, but for their world–the world of the future.”

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Dewey: “The school is to be a reflection of the larger society outside its walls, in which life can be learnt by living. But it is to be a purified, simplified and better balanced society.” Dewey considered the ideal school as an enlarged ideal home.

Detailed explanation-3: -I believe that education is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. Dewey (1897, p.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1916, in Democracy and Education, Dewey wrote that “the aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education… the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth” (Dewey 1916/1980, p. 107).

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