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Language, Literacy And Dewey: "Experience" In The Language Arts Context, Jessica E. Masterson
Language, Literacy And Dewey: "Experience" In The Language Arts Context, Jessica E. Masterson
The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal
Blending the Deweyan idea of “experience” with the work of contemporary literacy pedagogues and classroom examples, this paper explores the implications of Dewey’s principles upon today’s classroom contexts. If experience is a central component to education, how might Dewey’s ideas help to re-focus our scattered perceptions of what literacy learning “ought” to be in the 21st century? Furthermore, what possibilities are created therein for language arts teachers and students?