UNDERSTANDING THE TENETS OF JOHN DEWEY’S PRAGMATISM FOR IMPROVED EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Education in Nigeria needs to be more practical, functional, comprehensive and learnercentred. This forms the thrust of John Dewey’s pragmatism and educational ideas which the study explored. There is need for synergy between learning experiences and real life situation which, the researcher observed, is lacking in Nigerian education. Hence, the researcher’s interest in understanding the tenets of John Dewey’s pragmatism for improved education in Nigeria. Dewey suggests that education should be practical, functional and learner-centered, it should not be the teaching of mere dead facts but that skills and knowledge which the child has learnt should be integrated into his life as a...