AED 104 Philosophers

  • 430 BCE

    Plato

    -Idealism
    -Lecuturing
  • 400 BCE

    Socrates

    -Asked series of questions so students could form their own opinions
    -"What do you think?"
  • Johann Amos Comonius

    -Career success
    -Students want to learn
    -Learn from failure
    -Everyone deserves an education
  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

    -Hands on learning
    -Wanted to make students feel welcome and comfortable
  • Charles Sanders Pierce

    -Hands On
    -Pragmatism
    -Practical Application
  • John Dewey

    -Learn by doing
    -Curriculum relavent to student's lives
    -Scientific Method
  • Smith/Hughes

    -Vocational skills
    -Funding for classes
    -Learn by doing
  • Dr. David A Kolb

    -Experimental -Hands-on
    -Active Experimentation
  • Howard Garner

    -Levels of intelligence -Different kinds of learning