Philosophers

  • 400 BCE

    Plato & Socrates

    Socratic method,draws students to have their own answers.
    Plato operated on idealism, takes on idealism and takes an idea and breaks it down. "Can't kill an idea"
  • Johanne Amos Comenius

    Promoted students to learn things in their career path. That students shouldn't be punished for failure and that education is for everyone. That we would start with easy material and then build up and have extra activities outside of the classroom.
  • Joann pestalozzi

    "Father of education" head, heart and hands. Was big on hands on learning and having a good learning environment.
  • Chanes sanders peirce

    Born in Cambridge, chemist at Harvard and a professor at john Hopkins. Programitism: being able to see success of practical applicator reveals truth behind theories and beliefs.
  • Smith & Hughes

    Passion came from children; learning more at the farm rather than in the classroom. Wanted to find vocational schooling.
  • David kolb

    Was big in expericial learning.
  • Gardener

    Students learning different ways
    -viewing a PowerPoint
    -hands on
    -language/terms
  • John Dewey

    Believed in the importance of value of vocational education steamed their ability of the individual "learn by doing"