Pragmatism, education
John Dewey
1859 – 1952
Experience only teaches when it is reconstructed afterwards. Dewey is the reason a decision review is treated here as part of the work rather than an administrative afterthought.
Read alongside: Sense · Shape
- Start with
- Experience and Education (1938)
- Where they resist the book
- Dewey trusts collective inquiry to converge on something better. Organisations under pressure frequently converge on something merely agreeable.
Works worth the time
Experience and Education · 1938
Short and late. Experience only teaches when it is reconstructed — which is the whole argument for reviewing decisions.
Read further
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Dewey ↗
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Dewey ↗
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy