01 / Classic Textbook Recommendation
Classic Textbook Recommendation
Citation
Dewey, J. (1910). How We Think. D. C. Heath and Company.
Why it belongs
Dewey treats thinking as an active process of inquiry rather than the passive reception of facts. The book gives education students a vocabulary for discussing curiosity, evidence, reflection, and the habits that turn experience into learning.
Core coverage
Pay particular attention to the movement from an initial difficulty to a tested idea. The argument is useful for lesson design, research methods, and any discussion of how schools can cultivate judgment instead of memorization alone.
Selection note
Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Gutman Library identifies this as an influential education text in its curated history of education reading list: Harvard GSE book selection.