American philosopher of 实用主义, pragmatism, who rebuilt schooling around learning by doing. He lectured across China from 1919 to 1921, and his students 胡适 and 陶行知 carried his ideas into Chinese education.
Dewey's educational ideas have had a great influence.
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Chinese education courses sum up his ideas in three slogans: 教育即生活 'education is life', 学校即社会 'school is society' and 从做中学 'learn by doing'. 即 is a formal word for 'is'.
