Understanding one another means that objects, including sounds, have the same value for both with respect to carrying on a common pursuit.
John DeweyCreative thinking will improve as we relate the new fact to the old and all facts to each other.
John DeweyThat which distinguishes the Soviet system both from other national systems and from the progressive schools of other countries is the conscious control of every educational procedure by reference to a single and comprehensive social purpose.
John DeweyOf these three words, direction, control, and guidance, the last best conveys the idea of assisting through cooperation the natural capacities of the individuals guided; control conveys rather the notion of an energy brought to bear from without and meeting some resistance from the one controlled; direction is a more neutral term and suggests the fact that the active tendencies of those directed are led in a certain continuous course, instead of dispersing aimlessly.
John Dewey