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Lisa Delpit

John Dewey

Lisa Delpit

Lisa D. Delpit, a professor of education and the director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence, focusing on education and race. She was the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship (1990).

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John Dewey
b. 10-20-1859; Vermont
d. 6-1-1952

John Dewey, a founder of the philosophical school of Pragmatism, was an influential progressive reformer in U.S. education during the first half of the 20th century. His core concept of education was emphasizing the broadening of the intellect and the development of problem solving with critical thinking skills, rather than the memorization of lessons.

Dewey was a teacher at the University of Michigan (1884-1888 & 1889-1894), joined the faculty of the University of Chicago from 1894-1904, and from 1904 until his retirement in 1930 he was professor of philosophy at both Columbia University and Columbia University's Teachers College.

John Dewey quotes ~
• “Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.”
• “Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.”

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Jared Diamond
b. 9-10-1937; Boston

Jared Diamond, a professor of geography and physiology at UCLA, has published more than two hundred articles and several books including the bestseller “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.