John Dewey School at the University of Chicago photograph collection, 1896-1903.

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John Dewey School at the University of Chicago photograph collection, 1896-1903.

This collection consists of photographs taken at John Dewey's Laboratory School, where Dewey tested his hypotheses regarding how people learn and how education can further social progress. Lander MacClintock, whose mother taught at the school, donated these photographs, which depict classroom scenes, student art and projects, dramatic scenes, and various group and individual activities.

1.00 boxes.

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Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...

John Dewey society

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Originally called The Association for the Study of Education in its Social Aspects, (the name was changed to the John Dewey Society in early 1936) the John Dewey Society grew out of series of discussions held in 1934 and early 1935 among 60 or so liberal educators who wanted to found a society to "encourage in every way possible and itself conduct scholarly and scientific investigations of the relations of school and society, with particular reference to the place and function of education in th...

MacClintock, Lander, 1889-1980

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