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Plato & Socrates were the first major influences in the educational field. They were advocates for higher education and further explored newer ideas in learning theories.
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Children have a desire to learn
Children should never be punished for failure, they should be helped and promoted to proceed
Educational rights for all people
Promotes education to get people prepared for careers
Begin at easier material, and work their way up to the more difficult information -
Father of modern education
Hands on learning
Comfortable and welcome learning environment -
Practical applications with education
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Vocational education
Curriculum should be relevant to student’s lives
Learn by doing -
Education was not relevant
Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 -
Based off experiences.
Cycles of learning based off experiences.
DO NOT SKIP STEPS! -
Multiple intelligence
Kinesthetics
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Linguistic
Logical
Musical
Natural