Friday, November 8, 2013

Philosphy


With the invention of the blackboard education evolved this included ideas and beliefs with in the classroom, interaction and relationships between student and teacher. After nationhood, American education continued to be influenced by European roots.


Important contributors to modern education:



Herbart
Johann Herbart 

Five instructional steps (a traditional model of teaching)
1. Preparation, pointing out the relationship of the old to new
2. Presentation, preferably in a concrete way of the new information
3. Association, helping students see the relation of of the old to the new
4. System, integrating the old and the new into a unified whole
5. Application, making use of what one has learned

Having great influence on American education he felt the aim of education was to develop good "moral character". With a belief true learning and instruction were based on interest or a stimulus to learning.

Friedrich Froebel (German educator) 
Froebel

Devoted his life to creating education for young children kindergarten. A program for children before they begin formal schooling at the elementary level based. German educator 


Montessori
Maria Montessori


The creation of the Montessori Method influenced curriculum, children with special 
needs, a belief that 
respect for children was 
the cornerstone on which all approaches to teaching 
would rest on. 

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