Jean Piaget And Lev Vygotsky And Vygotsky s Views On...

Introduction: Dewey predicted that â€Å"if we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.† (John Dewey, 1944). This made great sense to me while I was doing my observation period in January 2015. During this period I observed that every teacher has a different learning and teaching philosophy, therefore I would like to describe my own teaching and learning philosophy and by whom I was influenced. In my discussion I will elaborate on the philosopher: John Dewey with his philosophy: â€Å"Progressivism† and other philosophers: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky with their philosophy: â€Å"Constructivism†. I am also going to elaborate on my ideas on teaching, learning and the children of the future in my class together with how Dewey, Piaget and Vygotsky influenced my thinking. 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