Question

Which of the following people had a profound effect on American education?

Langston Hughes
Bessie Smith
John Dewey
Alfred Palmer

Answer 1

The correct answer is "John Dewey". John Dewey was an educational reformer whose ideas changed the way education was given in his era. He was a major voice of progressive education and adopted pragmatism as a phylosophy to be implemented in schools. Pragmatism considered that words and thought are tools for changing ideas and causing actions instead of being merely instruments of analysis.

Answer 2

It was mainly "John Dewey" who had a profound effect on American education, since his main goal was to reform the educational system to make it more effective and inclusive.