95 | John Dewey and the Education of Experience
What's Left of Philosophy - A podcast by Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris

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In this episode, we discuss the educational philosophy of the American pragmatist John Dewey. Focusing on his 1938 treatise Experience & Education we explore questions concerning the ends of education, what it means to be an effective educator, and the relationship between experience and history. Dewey advocates for a form of education that focuses less on knowledge accumulation and more on cultivating the capacities of students for freedom through the enrichment of their experience. Othe...