Melvil Dewey: The Dewey Decimal System

John Dewey is considered to have been a pedagogical progressivist, meaning he focused on education reform by first reforming the way that the teaching was actually done. In the past education focused on teaching children facts, mostly by learning with repetition. This was a problem because it taught children information but not how to use that mindfulness with critical thinking in real-world situations. These problems led John Dewey to write a series of articles that described his views on teaching and how it should be improved upon, this is called “My Pedagogic Creed”. Dewey wanted to equally incorporate a psychological, the abilities and interest of the student, and sociological, the needs and commitments of the society, aspect into teaching. He believed that children were born with blank slates and throughout their lives they would receive guidance “unconsciously” and be molded into adults (Dewey, 1). So the introduction of these aspects would help the molded children into better citizens and that would help drive the social economy into prosperity and overall a better democratic society.

He wrote that the problem of the age is the proper administration of wealth. To give libraries to help the people that would use them. People thought a captain of industry was a wealthy man who gave to the poor out of his own money. But there were also people who thought otherwise.

Meriwether Lewis, an adventures, courageous, and outgoing man. He was an explorer who is most known for exploring the western part of America, after the Louisiana purchase. This report is going to be about Meriwether Lewis and the amazing things he did in his lifetime, from walking around 2,500 miles to killing a bear.

Leni Fragakis’s class was an average size about 20 students with a few more girls than boys. While I was counting the number of students one girl stood out to me, she was in the back of the room in a wheelchair. Because of this the classroom had to be set up in a way she could get to a desk and around the room comfortably. The desk were set up in four sets of five and off to the side there was a table with computers. This means the room was a little crowded but the girl in the wheelchair could still get around to the desk in the back and a few other important places in the classroom.

There are many approaches that can be taken in order to develop a school’s curriculum, or the material that the students will learn. If there were no federal regulation of curriculum, then it would not be possible to compare student achievement across districts or even states. The federal program, Common Core State Standards, assists in equaling education across the nation. The Common Core has reinvented the perception of student learning which, in turn, has caused American education to become a corporate institution. As a result, there has been a threat to states’ rights for education as more rigorous content has been implemented into classrooms by the government, which ultimately changes the role of the teacher.

Being regarded as father of progressive education, John Dewey’s most valuable contribution lied in the promotion of practical approach to education. His progressive education method underlined the importance of experience in learning, which was contradictory to the earlier days’ traditional authoritarian and rote learning educational approach. John Dewey believed in democracy in education, suggesting a learn process by participating and doing. His educational approach also put an emphasis on the development of relevant and practical life skills for students.

Thomas Paine: Thomas Paine is the author of Common Sense. This pamphlet that he wrote essentially threw the British government under the bus and encouraged Americans to fight for their freedom. It was very effective.

He published papers of ichthyology, botany, archaeology, anthropology, entomology, and geology. He used his prestige and his intellect to further the cultural life of the city of New York. He always strove to win public support for education and scientific research. He organized the Public School Society in 1805. He became the Chief Patron of New York City Hospital and the New York Orphan Society. He also secured the charter of the N.Y. Historical Society, serving as the president in 1817. He was the founder of the N.Y. Literary and Philosophical Society. He also served as president of the American Academy of Art and vice president of the American Bible Society. He attempted to set American intellectual life on a firm European foundation because America was seen as inferior to Europe at the time. These issues affect my character the most because he was deeply interested in educational and cultural affairs in the state of New York. He used his power to further the education of the people of New York. He was an active participant in education and he always tried to win support for education and research. As you can see, he was involved in many organizations that focus mainly on the wellbeing of the people, the educational system, and as well the arts. He was deeply motivated by this because he tried to make America as intellectual as possible so they can be up to par, maybe

He was one of the doctors at Valley Forge. This proves that soldiers had little clothing and they were lucky to have a blanket. Many of the soldiers were very cold with little clothes. The little clothes caused frostbite and that was not good for any of the

In the early twentieth century, England was in the midst of World War I, where millions of people were dying, yet the world continued to fight. This relates to Montag’s world because the U.S. is fighting within itself, yet no one seems to realize how many innocent people are dying as a result. Russell relates to Montag because they both were willing to risk their well being for the well being of others. Like Montag, Russell saw the destruction and misery going on in the world and decided he must stop it. His solution to stopping the violence was through literature, which he passed on to others. Montag also decided that he must take action through literature, formulating a plan to plant books in the houses of firemen. Russell’s goal in publishing his pamphlets was to wake people up from their indifference to the horrific things happening on the battlefield and realize that the deaths were trivial. As a result, the government imprisoned him, and it cost him his job. Montag attempted to share his book with Mildred’s friends, and he too lost his job and his home. Through these adversities, neither man stopped, and both started over again in hopes of reaching their goal. If Montag’s life continues to follow the same course as Bertrand Russell’s, then he too may someday be respected for the work that he has

He wrote the book to explain how hard some people work for what they have. It is not always an easy road and he makes sure to explain it very well how hard he had it. His own family were the ones encouraging

Peter Cooper was an American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist. He was born on February 12th, 1791 and died on April 4th, 1883. He was born to Dutch parents and was the fifth of nine children. Peter spent most of his youth working with his father in many industrial environments where he mastered many skills in masonry, hat making, and machinery. In his family, trades were considered more useful than education as he didn’t receive a lot of education throughout his childhood. At the age of seventeen, Peter became an apprentice to a coach maker in New York City, spending three years there shearing cloth. He then went into entrepreneurship by setting up his own shop providing the same service. He always found creative ways to make himself useful due to the business

October 20, 1859 born third of four sons to Archibald and Lucina Dewey in Burlington, Vermont. Graduates local high school at fifteen and goes to University of Vermont, like his elder siblings before him. Obtains a Bachelor's Degree of Arts with Phi Beta Kappa.

In Eleanor Roosevelt's speech, “What Libraries Mean to the Nation”, she talks about the importance of libraries in the United States. She talks about how useful libraries are in making a better education for the people. She does this by using logical appeal and in an anecdote.

Upon speaking to the principal about observing he assigned me to Mrs. Johnson’s third grade class, because she was the best organized. I was surprised when I walked into the class and it was not pristine and in perfect order. Shelves are organized with baskets but the baskets are overflowing with books. I was glad to see