American philosopher of education (1871-1965), a student and later colleague of John Dewey at Teachers College, Columbia University, who named and defined the project method, an approach organizing curriculum around a student-directed purposeful activity, in his widely read 1918 essay The Project Method.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionNamed and defined the project method, an approach organizing curriculum and classroom activity around a student-chosen, purposeful project, in his 1918 essay The Project Method, published in Teachers College Record; the essay became one of the most widely read statements of progressive education and, in Kilpatrick's own hands, grew into a broader philosophy of education. 1 Notable WorkThe Project Method (Teachers College Record, 1918); Foundations of Method (1925) 1 Connections
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William Heard Kilpatrick, developer of the Project Method, was a long-serving faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Informed By
John Dewey, Thinkers Kilpatrick was Dewey's colleague and follower at Teachers College and developed the project method from Dewey's progressive philosophy.
Policies Informed
Rogers studied under Kilpatrick at Teachers College, Columbia
Theories and Approaches Developed
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Wikimedia FoundationWilliam Heard Kilpatrick page, birthplace section
Kilpatrick was born in White Plains, Georgia.
Project method page
Kilpatrick, William Heard (1918). The Project Method. Teachers College Record.
William Heard Kilpatrick page, works section
Kilpatrick published Foundations of Method - Informal Talks on Teaching in 1925
Associated With: John Dewey, William Heard Kilpatrick page, Dewey section
Dewey was Kilpatrick's most important professor and mentor while Kilpatrick was a student at Teachers College.
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William Heard Kilpatrick page, lead section
was an American pedagogue
In Approach: Progressivism (education), Lead section
Kilpatrick was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.
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William Heard Kilpatrick, philosopher of education
Project method (Wikipedia)
Theories and Approaches Developed: Project Method, Lead sectionQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Project Method, Lead section
In the early 20th Century, William Heard Kilpatrick expanded the project method into a philosophy of education.
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