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Eight Takes on Play

From John Dewey‘s Democracy and Education, pp 205-206: It is important not to confuse the psychological distinction between play and work with the economic distinction. Psychologically, the defining characteristic of play is not amusement nor aimlessness. It is the fact … Continue reading

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information assimilation and the life of the child

From Dewey’s The School and Society, p100: It was forgotten that the maximum appeal, and the full meaning in the life of the child, could be secured only when the studies were presented, not as bare external studies, but from … Continue reading