EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -According to John Dewey; Progressive Education is a “social need and function”, as a “process of living and growth” which includes both social and individual aspects that are mutually dependent on each other. “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Education is concerned with all people and considered as basic social need of all societies. John Dewey viewed that being a social need it performs major functions to the society as follows: Education and society have close association since the inception of society itself.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dewey thought that effective education came primarily through social interactions and that the school setting should be considered a social institution (Flinders & Thornton, 2013). He considered education to be a “process of living and not a preparation for future living” (Flinders & Thornton, 2013, p.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Dewey, education is a process of growth and acquisition of culture, and it appears that social environment educates its immature members. Thus, the social environment has an educational character.