Dewey and Contemporary New Zealand EducationJohn Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont, on 20 October 1859. He was an American psychologist who was grouped with Pierce and William James as founders of pragmatism and it supported the idea of ​​pragmatism and was an anti-foundational notion of knowledge. Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879 and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1884. He then began teaching philosophy at the University of Michigan from 1884 and in this stage of life he published widely and also built a school of laboratory. experience his ideal schooling in reality. (Olson. 2005) This essay will first examine the two parts of Dewey's critique of traditional schooling and his ideal schooling. Secondly we will examine Dewey's two-part theory of possibilities and limitations in contrast to contemporary education in New Zealand. Dewey criticized traditional education and advocated pragmatism. He argued that traditional education disconnects children's experiences and lives as well as practical activity. Traditional schooling disconnects experiences and practical activity in the sense that the school provided knowledge to students from the knowledge of others, for example the teacher who provided it, or the knowledge was transmitted through sets of textbooks that were very formal and they did not connect to students' knowledge. previous experience from home. Dewey (1940) stated, “I believe that all education proceeds through the participation of the individual in the social consciousness of the race” (Dewey, 1940, p.8). However, this participation of the individual and the students' lives and experiences were not processed and limited the child's ability to... half of paper... p. 3-17)Dewey, J. (2000). “My pedagogical belief”: article II-What is school [extract]. In R. F. Reed & T. W. Johnson (Eds.), Philosophical documents in education (2nd ed., pp. 94-115). New York: Longman. Noddings, N. (2007). The philosophical and educational thought of John Dewey. In Philosophy of education (2nd ed., pp. 23-41). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.NZQA. (2001). Explore frame work. New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Retrieved May 23, 2009, from http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/explore/index.doOlson, S. (2005). John Dewey. Retrieved May 22, 2009, from http://johndewey.shawnolson.net/Pring, R. (2007). Current problems and Dewey's “potential response”. In John Dewey: A Philosopher of Education for Our Time? (pp.161-180). London: Continuum. Tanner, L. (1997). Dewey's Laboratory School. New York University, Columbia: Teachers College Press