Comments by "the other Andrew" (@theotherandrew5540) on "John Dewey’s 4 Principles of Education" video.

  1. As with almost all educational reformers, he was largely ignored. He threatened the status quo, and dared to encourage the children to ... THINK!
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  2. My experience as a teacher in the UK, was that trying such innovative ideas got me into trouble. Almost universally, head teachers are obsessed with order and control. Effective education is a poor third. But Finland seems to have taken some notice, and the idea of rules by student/staff consensus rather than top down imposed was practiced by a few schools for severely disturbed children in the UK, and in Russia (Kitezh, a community of foster families).
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