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Jan 1, 1500
The origin of Pedagogy from Earliest form of Education to the Middle Ages
Origins of Pedagogy greek work meaning ~ child leader. Term not always used to describe education of children, but the context was present.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pedagogy
Middle Ages 1100-1500ad Church influential and takes responsibility to educate. http://spartacus-educational.com/YALDeducation.htm (http://www.timetoast.com) -
John Amos Comenius
Considered by many the 'father of the science of education' for his zealous work to improve schooling, language, and the desire to understand his pupils. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000679/067956eo.pdf p.4-15
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Amos-Comenius
https://coffeeshopthinking.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/john-comenius-philosophy-of-education/
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Education in America
1635 Boston Latin School opens in Boston, Mass. This is the first public school and the oldest school in America.
The early colonist in the New England area valued education for religious and economic success and by 1647 most towns had some form of schooling for children. The rural South had few schools until after the Revolutionary era. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1627/United-States-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Promoted concept of a loving,family-type environment for learning. Known as the 'father of modern education'. http://www.jhpestalozzi.org/
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Johann Friedrich Herbart
Founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline. Believed in the "science of education".
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Alexander Kapp
Kapp first introduced the term "andragogy" in his book entitled 'Platon's Erziehungslehre' (Plato'S Educational Ideas)
http://www.andragogy.net/
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Friedrich Froebel
Created Kindergarden
https://www.froebel.com.au/about-froebel/friedrich-froebel/
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Edward Thorndike
Behavior Theorist- along with Pavlov and Skinner. These theorists assumed all behavior caused by external stimuli (operant conditioning)
Thorndike developed Law of Effect. http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/thorndike.htm
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Eduard Lindeman
The first to bring the concept of andragogy to America as a method of teaching adults via his work "Education through Experience". He further explains this method of teaching adults in his book "The Meaning of Adult Education." Analysis of experience form of inquiry and discussion into adult education. -
John Dewey
Constructivism Theorists~assume learning is an active constructive process. Famous for views labeled Progressive Education. Dewey believed in a natural form of learning from experience. Published "Experience and Education", 1938.
http://www.voki.com/presenter/playPresentation.php?id=ac140b633b93688f56ec435342d8cabf
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1914/Dewey-John-1859-1952.html
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Jean Piaget
Cognitivism Theorist- assume learner is an information processor (like a computer). First to say a child develops in steps and that intellectual development results from the reciprocal interatction of a child and their environment. http://www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html (http://www.timetoast.com) -
Jerome Bruner
Constructivism/Cognitive/Social Cognitivie Theorist.
Bruner theorizes that the process of constructing knowledge of the world is not done in isolation but rather within a social context and notes that "there is no unique sequence for all learners, and the optimum in any particular case will depend upon a variety of factors, http://infed.org/mobi/jerome-bruner-and-the-process-of-education/
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Malcolm Knowles
Popularized the term andragogy by his extensive research in adult education and his six assumptions of adult learning theory. Often referred to as 'the father of adult learning'.
https://elearningindustry.com/the-adult-learning-theory-andragogy-of-malcolm-knowles
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David Kolb
Experiential Learning Theory-learning through experiences. "Experiential learning requires self-initiative, an "intention to learn" and an "active phase of learning". Kolb's cycle of experiential learning can be used as a framework for considering the different stages involved. -
Jack Mezirow
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Sharan B. Merriam
summarized adult learner assumptions
http://www.umsl.edu/~henschkej/henschke/the_new_update_on_adult_learning_theory_mirriam.pdf
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Jost Reischmann
Prof. Reischmann redefines andragogy as the science of lifelong and lifewide learning.
http://www.reischmannfam.de/lit/2007-Autobiography-final.pdf
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Dusan Savicevic
Introduced Knowles to the term 'andragogy' in 1967. Savicevic continues his work in the field of andragogy and is regarded as one of the leading experts in adult education.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02601370802051504?journalCode=tled20
http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/2006-European/savicevic.html
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John A. Henschke
Continuing research in the field of andragogy
https://works.bepress.com/john_henschke/11/
https://works.bepress.com/john_henschke/88/
http://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1433&context=utk_IACE-browseall
