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PRAGMATISM

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Mind map on pragmatism philosophy of education: knowledge, William James, consciousness and John Dewey

Mind map: Pragmatism philosophy of education

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PRAGMATISM

  1. Knowledge

  2. What can you do with it?

  3. Emphasised that the fucntion of the consciousness to:

    • enable people to adapt to their environment
    • & give them choices for operating within the environment
  4. William James - pragmatic views of the consciousness

  5. To increase interest in education:

    • A person should select their own problems to solve and not being told which problems to solve
    • It is NB to learn by experimentation and not being told facts
    • To think for themselves & use inform intelligently
  6. John Dewey emphasised the NB of motivation in education

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