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1467-1536

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Desiderius Erasmus

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Parents have a duty to educate

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Desiderius Erasmus

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Children have a right to their education

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Desiderius Erasmus

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First person to emphasize power of play

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Desiderius Erasmus

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Didn’t like using memorization as learning

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Desiderius Erasmus

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Rejected corporal punishment

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Desiderius Erasmus

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1529-1670

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John Amos Comenius

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Did not believed in discrimination in education

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John Amos Comenius

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Began to draw pictures to go with words in books

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John Amos Comenius

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First children’s book

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John Amos Comenius

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The World of Things Obvious to the Senses Drawn in Pictures

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John Amos Comenius

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1632-1704

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John Locke

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Book began as letters to a woman asking for advice

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John Locke

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Blank Slate Theory

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John Locke

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Born with no predetermined processing strategies

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John Locke

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Everything we know and think comes from experience and internal reflection

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John Locke

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Contrary beliefs to that of minds being fitted at birth

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John Locke

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1712-1787

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Jean Jacques-Rousseau

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Children are born naturally good

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Jean Jacques-Rousseau

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20
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Life is about love and nature

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Jean Jacques-Rousseau

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Child-centered education

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Jean Jacques-Rousseau

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1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson

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Two-track educational system

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Thomas Jefferson

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“For the laboring and the learned”

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Thomas Jefferson

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Scholarships would allow some of the laboring class to advance

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Thomas Jefferson

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“Raking a few geniuses from the rubbish”

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Thomas Jefferson

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1746-1827

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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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Children should learn by doing things instead of by words

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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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Head, Heart, Hands

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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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Head: intellectual knowledge, objectivity, observe the world around them to make observations and hypothesize

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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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Heart: compassion, how to successfully interact with others

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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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Hands: sensory input, hands on approach

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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

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1776-1841

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Johann Herbart

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Founded a seminary for educating beginning teachers

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Johann Herbart

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Advocated for a truly reflective teacher

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Johann Herbart

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Education on morals he thought important

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Johann Herbart

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1782-1852

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Friedrich Froebel

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Studied architecture

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Friedrich Froebel

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Took a teaching course under Pestalozzi

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Friedrich Froebel

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Founded his own school for ages 4-5 called kindergarten (child’s garden)

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Friedrich Froebel

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Children express their innermost thoughts, needs, and desires through play

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Friedrich Froebel

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Songs, stories, fingerplays

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Friedrich Froebel

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Starting with simple activities progressing to more challenging ones

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Friedrich Froebel

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1796-1859

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Horace Mann

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Founded “The Common School Journal”

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Horace Mann

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Father of Common Schools

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Horace Mann

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For society to be successful, a basic level of literacy and conformity to public ideals was essential

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Horace Mann

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1854-1912

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Margaret Bancroft

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Understood people with special needs

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Margaret Bancroft

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Had compassion to get to know what people with special needs needed from the world

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Margaret Bancroft

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Helped launch field of special education

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Margaret Bancroft

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1859-1952

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John Dewey

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Pragmatism: most practical things, education is about life and growth

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John Dewey

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Emphasizes hands-on learning

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John Dewey

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Child-centered

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John Dewey

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Connections between content and concepts

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John Dewey

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Teacher observes and facilitates learning

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John Dewey

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1870-1952

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Maria Montessori

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Children learn by being active

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Maria Montessori

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First school in Rome, Italy in 1907 - Casa dei Bambini (Children’s House)

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Maria Montessori

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Goal is for children to learn how to learn

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Maria Montessori

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Independence!

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Maria Montessori

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Self-correcting toys

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Maria Montessori

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Require little adult guidance

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Maria Montessori

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Academics taught only after sensory training is mastered

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Maria Montessori

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1861-1925

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Rudolf Steiner

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Artistic approach

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Rudolf Steiner

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Wait to present info until they are “hungry” for it

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Rudolf Steiner

69
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Children should take up with enthusiasm rather than pressure

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Rudolf Steiner

70
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1896-1980

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Jean Piaget

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Children are not less intelligent than adults, they simply think differently

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Jean Piaget

72
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Brain development is qualitative rather than quantitative

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Jean Piaget

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Theory of Cognitive Development

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Jean Piaget

74
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1950-2020

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Sir Ken Robinson

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Known for the most popular TED Talk ever

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Sir Ken Robinson

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Creativity and literacy should be held at the same standard in schools

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Sir Ken Robinson

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We grow out of creativity rather than into it

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Sir Ken Robinson

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1950-current

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John Hattie

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Researched every aspect of classrooms and educational systems

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John Hattie

80
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Developed a rating system to identify what is effective and not

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John Hattie

81
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Concluded student visual learning was most effective

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John Hattie

82
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Concluded television was least effective

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John Hattie

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1946-current

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Carol Dweck

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Growth vs Fixed Mindset

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Carol Dweck

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Growth: Things are learnable through effort

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Carol Dweck

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Fixed: Traits are unchangeable over time

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Carol Dweck

87
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I need extra help vs I’m stupid I can’t do it

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Carol Dweck

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1970-current

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Angela Duckworth

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Wrote “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverence”

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Angela Duckworth

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Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals

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Angela Duckworth

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Grit is not talent or luck

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Angela Duckworth

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