EDUC 1F95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pragmatism, John Dewey, Practical Education
15 Oct 2017
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Happens more broadly, both inside and outside institutions. Education and development of the human race are more developed together. Education is linked to social context; preserves culture. Pre-agricultural (humans hadn"t figured out proper methods of growing and farming) people were nomadic; they followed the food, so learning to grow crops was crucial. Egypt and the hieroglyphics are a strong example of a well based dialectic and written vocabulary. Most of human history is pre-history"; very distant. Intensely practical; through observing; what you saw and could feel was true. Moral or religious; through listening; stories and myths were passed down through generations; there was no reading or writing. Life survival skills were taught by elders; hunting methods and edible plants. How to kill and gut an animal. How to preserve the catch, or avoid food poisoning. Spontaneous; not planned; perhaps in a sudden situation, even life-threatening. Children learn without being taught", following their own impulses and curiosity.
