Experience and Education
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Experience and Education is a foundational 1938 work of educational philosophy by John Dewey that critiques traditional schooling and outlines a progressive, experience-based approach to learning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Experience and Education canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T814482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Experience and Education Context triple: [John Dewey, notableWork, Experience and Education]
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CAREER
CAREER is a prestigious National Science Foundation program that supports early-career faculty in building a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in research and education.
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CompEd
CompEd is an international ACM SIGCSE conference focused on research and innovation in computing education.
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Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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Knowledge and Error
"Knowledge and Error" is a philosophical work by Ernst Mach that examines the nature, limits, and development of human knowledge through the lens of empirical science and psychology.
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Education Center
The Education Center is a learning facility within the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that provides educational programs, resources, and interactive experiences to teach about the history and lessons of the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Experience and Education Target entity description: Experience and Education is a foundational 1938 work of educational philosophy by John Dewey that critiques traditional schooling and outlines a progressive, experience-based approach to learning.
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A.
CAREER
CAREER is a prestigious National Science Foundation program that supports early-career faculty in building a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in research and education.
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B.
CompEd
CompEd is an international ACM SIGCSE conference focused on research and innovation in computing education.
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C.
Work: A Story of Experience
"Work: A Story of Experience" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows a young woman’s struggles for independence and meaningful employment in 19th-century America.
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D.
Knowledge and Error
"Knowledge and Error" is a philosophical work by Ernst Mach that examines the nature, limits, and development of human knowledge through the lens of empirical science and psychology.
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E.
Education Center
The Education Center is a learning facility within the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that provides educational programs, resources, and interactive experiences to teach about the history and lessons of the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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work of educational philosophy ⓘ |
| advocates |
education based on quality of experience
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flexible curriculum ⓘ linking school and life ⓘ |
| author | John Dewey ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
continuity of experience
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democratic education ⓘ growth ⓘ interaction of learner and environment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
authoritarian classroom practices
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rigid subject-matter organization ⓘ rote learning ⓘ |
| critiques |
traditional education
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traditional schooling ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic text in progressive education
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foundational work in educational philosophy ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
active learning
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learner experience ⓘ problem-solving ⓘ reflective thinking ⓘ |
| genre |
educational philosophy
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | John Dewey ⓘ |
| hasForm |
book-length treatise
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essay ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century educational theory
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curriculum theory ⓘ experiential education practices ⓘ |
| influencedBy | progressive education movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
education
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experiential learning ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ progressive education ⓘ |
| partOf | John Dewey's educational writings ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | pragmatism ⓘ |
| proposes |
experience-based approach to learning
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progressive approach to education ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
education students
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educators ⓘ philosophers of education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Experience and Education Description of subject: Experience and Education is a foundational 1938 work of educational philosophy by John Dewey that critiques traditional schooling and outlines a progressive, experience-based approach to learning.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.