Modern Era

By beckyguerrier
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    Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Rousseau was one of the earliest writers to see children as malleable.
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    Johann Pestalozzi

    Pestalozzi advocated for the "learning by doing" approach

  • Emile

    Emile
    Jean Jacques Rousseau's book states that children are innately good
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    Johann Herbart

    Herbart believed that schools should be strongly structured and the schools should shape students minds to turn them into successful citizen

  • Leanard and Gertrude

    Leanard and Gertrude
    Johann Pestalozzi's book describes the behavior of children at an early laboratory school
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    Friedrich Froebel

    Froebel built the foundations for early kindergarten
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    Charles Darwin

    Darwin's documented that different environments have the ability to change the way students think and learn
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    Beagle

    Scientific expedition that allowed Darwin to explore how changes in environment impact human experience
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    John Dewey

    Dewey viewed the mind as something to be developed rather than filled and shape. He started the new era of progressive education. According to Dewey, The goal of education is to organize and activate knowledge. The focus is on the learner instead of the teacher.

  • Francis Parker

    Francis Parker
    Francis Parker began unification process to define subject areas

  • Joseph Mayer Rice

    Rice's survey found the public school system to be unorganized

  • Eliot's Committee of Ten

    This committee advocated for five common core content areas that lead into college prerequisites. This paved the way for a fixed curriculum with grade levels. This clearly outlined the "like student single purpose" rational
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    University of Chicago Laboratory School

    In Dewey's study, children learned through project work.

  • Democracy and Education

    Dewey's book that stated his belief that of the need for citizens in a democracy to find the actualities of participation during school years

  • Seven Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

    1. Health
    2. Command and fundamental processes
    3. Home membership
    4. Vocation
    5. Citizenship
    6. Use of leisure time
    7. Ethical character

  • Progressive Education Association (PEA)

    This association led to various publications of Dewey's theory as well as application of Dewey's theory