John. 1859–1952, US pragmatist philosopher and educator: an exponent of progressivism in education, he formulated an instrumentalist theory of learning through experience. His works include The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916), and Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (1938)
Dewey in American English
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George1837-1917; U.S. admiral in the Spanish-American War
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John1859-1952; U.S. philosopher & educator: exponent of pragmatism
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ˈMelvil (ˈmɛlvɪl) (born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey) 1851-1931; U.S. librarian & educator: originator of a system (Dewey Decimal System) for book classification in libraries, using three-digit numbers, further extended beyond a decimal point for subclasses