ABSTRACT
The key to Dewey’s social and educational theory is his emphasis on wholeness. He urges an increasing awareness of the infinite context of our action, a continual growth in meaning through an expansion of intelligent activity. Thus he views education as continuous growth. Thus he judges social and political institutions by their capacity to enable individual persons to develop in power and awareness. Thus he demands of schools that they present the studies in relation to one another and link available knowledge with the live context beyond the classroom.
