Learning Through Play
John Dewey
Learning by Doing
Focus
Real knowledge grows from meaningful, shared experience — education is life, not preparation for it.
Key concepts
- Experience-based learning
- Inquiry & problem-solving
- Active learning (echoed in HighScope)
In the classroom
A flooded sandbox becomes a week-long study of water, ramps, and flow — led by the children's own questions.
See it in practice
Every Edfable simulation connected to this theory — and why it applies.