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- Socratic Method - discussion that forms opinions - Starts with OPEN-ENDED question - "What do you think?" - Lecture -> Discussion - Students come to own conclusions
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- Student of Socrates - Used ideals and built onto them - Ideas can't be killed but can be altered throughout time
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Promoted student's natural tendency to WANT to learn - Easy material --> harder material - Promoted education for career preparation for ALL people - Extracurriculars solidify learning within classroom
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Learning with head, hands, and heart - Believer of hands-on learning - Engaging the mind leads knowledge and learning - Need to make students feel welcome and comfortable in their environment
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Believed in physical / hands-on learning in order to see material and the results - Pragmatism: being able to see the success of a practical application reveals truth behind thoughts and beliefs - "Steps of clarity"
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Believed in vocational education and hands-on learning - Thought that education needed to be relevant to students' lives and about things that students enjoy - Take a concept --> propose a question/solution --> solve and discover
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Saw that things being in the classroom lacked relevancy - Saw that their own children learned more on the farm - Smith and Hughes Act of 1917: established funding for vocational education - Drawbacks: pigeon-holed students as only students who were not going to college; damaged respect level of Agriculture and other vocational areas
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Experiential learning style - Reflection is included in this cycle but many leave this part out - Builds confidence through real-life experience
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Created the idea of Multiple Intelligences (bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, interpersonal, intrarpersonal, logical/mathematical, musical/spatial, naturalistic)