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Socratic Method: Teacher asks a series of questions and allows students to form their own conclusion.
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Promoted education for career preparation.
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Known as "Father of Modern Education".
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Focused on Pragmatism
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"Learn by doing" mind set
Believed that curriculum should be relevant to the students. -
Emphasized an experimental learning style
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Theory of multiple learning styes: bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, logical/mathematical, musical/spatial, and naturalistic
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Believed that curriculum should be relevant to students lives. Smith Hughes Act 1917, provided good as well as bad impacts.