PRAGMATISM

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Mind Map on PRAGMATISM, created by kruger.elmarie on 01/04/2014.
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PRAGMATISM
  1. Knowledge
    1. What can you do with it?
      1. Emphasised that the fucntion of the consciousness to:
        1. enable people to adapt to their environment
          1. & give them choices for operating within the environment
          2. William James - pragmatic views of the consciousness
            1. To increase interest in education:
              1. A person should select their own problems to solve and not being told which problems to solve
                1. It is NB to learn by experimentation and not being told facts
                  1. To think for themselves & use inform intelligently
                  2. John Dewey emphasised the NB of motivation in education
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