Célestin Freinet, Paolo Freire, Maria Montessori and John Dewey are probably the most popular or well-known reformer of education and school systems. If you haven’t heard from this people, then you should definitely read this text.
Célestin Freinet was a French elementary school teacher and a pedagogical reformer. He is best known for the „Modern School Movement“, for which he is responsible. His main idea was that the teacher has to organize his lessons in such a way that the students want to learn. If not, he has to change his teaching. He also wanted to pay special attention to the interests of the children.
The Brazilian educator and philosopher Paolo Freire is especially known for his work „Pedagogy of the Oppressed“. As a leading advocate of critical pedagogy he was shocked that approximately 70 percent of the Brazilian population were illiterate. In his opinion education should enable the oppressed to regain their sense of humanity.
The only woman, but probably the most famous person in this text is Maria Montessori. She was an Italian physician and educator and is responsible for the „Montessori-method“. However, let’s see how this all started. So, in 1906 she was invited to create a childcare center in San Lorenzo, a poor district of Rome. There, she worked with some of the most disadvantaged, and previously unschooled, children. And it worked. Back to the Montessori Method. This method allows working in mixed age groups. For example, educator are teaching 2-2.5 year old, 2.5-6 year olds and 6-12 year olds.
His ideas has been influential in education and social reform. The American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer John Dewey is known for his publications about education. Learning by Doing is actually the same as learning be Dewey-ing. His main idea is that students should learn from practical examples from their own experience.
In my opinion, all of the named persons improve our school system with their ideas. I especially like John Dewey’s and Célestin Freinet’s methods.
Célestin Freinet was a French elementary school teacher and a pedagogical reformer. He is best known for the „Modern School Movement“, for which he is responsible. His main idea was that the teacher has to organize his lessons in such a way that the students want to learn. If not, he has to change his teaching. He also wanted to pay special attention to the interests of the children.
The Brazilian educator and philosopher Paolo Freire is especially known for his work „Pedagogy of the Oppressed“. As a leading advocate of critical pedagogy he was shocked that approximately 70 percent of the Brazilian population were illiterate. In his opinion education should enable the oppressed to regain their sense of humanity.
The only woman, but probably the most famous person in this text is Maria Montessori. She was an Italian physician and educator and is responsible for the „Montessori-method“. However, let’s see how this all started. So, in 1906 she was invited to create a childcare center in San Lorenzo, a poor district of Rome. There, she worked with some of the most disadvantaged, and previously unschooled, children. And it worked. Back to the Montessori Method. This method allows working in mixed age groups. For example, educator are teaching 2-2.5 year old, 2.5-6 year olds and 6-12 year olds.
His ideas has been influential in education and social reform. The American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer John Dewey is known for his publications about education. Learning by Doing is actually the same as learning be Dewey-ing. His main idea is that students should learn from practical examples from their own experience.
In my opinion, all of the named persons improve our school system with their ideas. I especially like John Dewey’s and Célestin Freinet’s methods.
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