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350 BCE
Plato and Socrates
Socratic Method: Teacher asks a series of questions and allows students to form their own conclusion. -
Johann Amos Comeniuis
Promoted education for career preparation. -
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Known as "Father of Modern Education".
Promoted hands on learning. -
Charles Sanders Peirce
Focused on Pragmatism
Practical applications in real life -
John Dewey
"Learn by doing" mind set
Believed that curriculum should be relevant to the students. -
David Kolb
Emphasized an experimental learning style -
Howard Gardner
Theory of multiple learning styes: bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, logical/mathematical, musical/spatial, and naturalistic -
Smith & Hughes
Believed that curriculum should be relevant to students lives. Smith Hughes Act 1917, provided good as well as bad impacts.