I believe that the only true education comes through the stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which he finds himself.
John DeweyCollateral learning in the way of formation of enduring attitudes, of likes and dislikes, may be and often is much more important than the spelling lesson or lesson in geography or history that is learned.
John DeweyGiving and taking of orders modifies actions and results, but does not of itself effect a sharing of purposes, a communication of interests.
John DeweyI believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life in which all those agencies are concentrated that will be most effective in bringing the child to share in the inherited resources of the race, and to use his own powers for social ends. I believe that education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
John Dewey