Show 12 The Dewey - set laboratory School up and operated with an The first activity curriculum school in America to be was the laboratory i established at the University of Chicago in January School ! t under the direction of John The curriculum of 1896 i and Mary Dewey the school was based upon four human impulses: i I t ! i ! the social impulse which is shown in the child s desire to share his l experiences with the people around him the constructive impulse is manifested at first in play in rhythmic movement in make believe and then in the shaping of raw materials into objects the impulse to investigate and experiment to find out things and the ex- - which i ! pressive or artistic impulse which is an extension of the commun- i- t cative and constructive interests It is quite clear that i Dewey saw value in object teaching when he said: If knowledge comes from the impressions made upon us by natural objects which impress the mind Words all kinds of linguistic symbols in the lack of prior presentations of objects which they may be associated with convey nothing but sensations of thdir own shape and color— certainly not a very instructive kind of knowledge Dewey clarified his interpretation of compared with views held by other (New Co sense perception early educators by as this statement: Katherine Camp Mayhew and Anna Camp Edwards The Dewey School Co 1936) pp 40-- 41 York: D Applet Wjohn Dewey Democracy and Education (New York: The McMillan on-Cen- tury 1916) p 313 W j |