This is a repost of question #102744 for tutuzdad-ga

Who is the author (John Dewey?), what is the exact quote, and in which 
work does the following quote in the field of Education appear?  It 
goes something like this 'learning (teaching) occurs when the teacher 
recognizes where the student is and then takes them a half step beyond 
this'.

Dear dkaplanpa-ga; 
 
I am posting this as a comment because I have not read his book in
it’s entirety, and was not able to confirm a direct source for the
statement that you attributed to John Dewey (1859 - 1952), Professor
of Philosophy, Columbia University. I did, however, find a paraphrased
reference to his remark in a thread on the University of Iowa Homepage
in which Dewey, in his 1933 work, “How We Think” *, said something
like:
 
The job of the teacher is to meet the child where he or she is at in
understanding and encourage that child to take the next step.
 
If this suffices as an answer to your question, please advise me and I
will report it as answer.
 
Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to research your question.
It has been both educational and rewarding.

PS: Thank you ever so much for coming back to repost the question. I
look forward to working with you again in the near future. I will
continue to work on this issue as time allows and if anything more
turns up I will add to this topic. Again, thank you.
 
Best regards; 
Tutuzdad-ga 
 
 
The University of Iowa Homepage 
“Motivation and the question ‘Why?’ ” 
http://www.uiowa.edu/~idt/courses/7W120/forums/topic3/messages/17.htm
 
“Excerpts from Works of John Dewey: How we Think , 1910” 
http://www.erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de/sonstiges/dewey/DewThink.pdf 
 
“How We Think”, by John Dewey 
http://www.webincunabula.com/html/de/dewey.htm 
 
 
 
SEARCH STRATEGY 
 
Search Engine Used: Google ://www.google.com 
 
Search Terms: 
“John Dewey”, quote 
"John Dewey", teacher, "next step" 
“John Dewey”, learning, teaching 
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"John Dewey", "How We Think" 
 
 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
* John Dewey. “How We Think”. Heath, Boston, 1910. Republished 1991 by
Prometheus Books. Amherst, NY. See also: John Dewey. “How We Think”,
“Second revised edition”. Heath, Lexington, MA, 1933.

This response posted by tutuzdad-ga confirmed that it was John Dewey
who made a statement such as the one being sought.  The answer did not
provide the exact quote I was looking for, but it narrowed the search
considerably!

Thank you for your patience and your generosity.

Both are equally appreciated.

Tutuzdad