Historical Context of the Project Method By rkt002 Period: 1590 to 1767 Beginnings of Project Method in agricultural schools in Europe Period: 1658 to 2017 Re-discovery of project idea and third wave of its international dissemination Period: 1765 to 1880 Project as regular teaching method transplants into America 1865 Sloyd System took root in Finland Period: 1880 to 1915 Projects in included in Manual Training and General Public Schools Period: 1915 to 1965 RedRefinition of project method and its transplant from America to Europe 1918 Kilpatrick Publishes "The Project Method." 1918 Kilpatrick publishes "The Project Method." Period: 1920 to 1929 Project method used to justify child-centered and activity movements where curricular plans were to begin with children’s interests Period: 1930 to 1939 Project Method under attack by Dewey for his concern that teachers had abandoned their role in education Period: 1945 to 1955 Project Method re-emerged as life adjustment or continuing life situations movement led by Florence Stratemeyer Period: 1960 to 1969 Brief revival due to perceptions that education was failing the nation in science and math
