John Dewey's Contribution to Nel Noddings' Philosophy of Education

In this article, we try to show John Dewey's contribution to Nel Noddings' philosophy of education by focusing on concepts such as education, democracy, ethics, curriculum, school, and emotions. Therefore, after stating the differences and similarities between the thoughts of John Dewey and Nell Noddings on the subject of education, we have examined three central issues. In the first part, we have examined the relationship between ethics and education in Noddings's thought through the lens of Dewey's thought and we show that the moral goal of education is common to both thinkers, but Noddings does not believe in overt moral principles and instead emphasizes emotions. In the second part of this article, we have tried to show that the emergence of a moral person in the educational system as a goal leads to the emergence of a democratic society. Finally, in the third part of this article, we emphasize that the traditional school curriculum is insufficient and incomplete to achieve the goals of Noddings, which were mentioned in the previous two parts, and that the element of emotions and motivations, as well as the role of home and society and social behavior, should be included in the curriculum at the same time.