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Education Philosophers

Philosophers in US History

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Benjamin BloomCreate, analyze, apply, understand, remember
Ben Franklinbelieved in student-led experimentation and learning through your own personal experience. Educate all children.
Horace MannFather of Education. Educate all children and keep religion out of the schools
John DeweyJohn Dewey originated the experimentalism philosophy. A proponent of social change and education reform. Wrote a series of lectures in 1917 that are the foundation of US schools today
Lawrence KohlbergSix stages of moral development
Maria Montessoria way of learning that emphasizes child led active learning, independence, cooperation, and learning in harmony with each child’s development pace
Thomas JeffersonWhat does this have to do with education? Jefferson was a proponent of an educated society to protect against government ruling.
Jean Piagetbelieved that children are active learners that build their knowledge and craft it from their respective environments
Howard Gardnerthere are multiple intelligences and that we all use them for effective learning
Friedrich FroebelFriedrich Froebel is the father of Kindergarten(children’s garden).
B.F. SkinnerOperant conditioning is a method of learning that takes place through rewarding a certain behavior or withholding reward for undesirable behavior.
Ivan Pavlovclassical conditioning, explains how people associate two stimuli in their minds and react to one of them as though it was the other.
Albert BanduraDeveloped the self-efficacy theory. Self efficacy judgments demonstrate a goal can be achieved.
Paulo Freirebelieved that education was more than simple literacy; rather it should be a vehicle for people to assess their conditions and those responsible for it. Education, for Freire, was supposed to include questions about the search for identity, equality, and justice.
Jane Addams(1860-1935), the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is known for her rally against gender discrimination in education as well as her vision of education and schooling as a means to educate well shaped students to become better social citizens.
AristotleBelieved that education gave an individual happiness and taught reasoning.
Johann PestalozziBelieved that education was the foundation for an individual’s life. Developed physical education.
Jean - Jacques RousseauWrote Emilie. Argued against a teacher centered education.
John ComeniusDesigned currently followed schooling structure.
John LockeSaid children were born as blank tablets and their experiences determine who they are.
PlatoBelieved in life-long learning.
Margaret BancroftPioneer of special education in American Society.


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