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Ovide Decroly

Founders of Named Pedagogical Methods and Movements

Jean-Ovide Decroly, who lived from 23 July 1871 to 10 September 1932, was a Belgian teacher and psychologist born in Ronse. He studied medicine at the University of Ghent, with half a year at the University of Berlin, and later worked with handicapped children at the neurological clinic in Brussels. He founded The Hermitage School in 1907, and the Ecole Decroly in Uccle, Brussels, which reaches from kindergarten to baccalaureate, still follows his pedagogical approach. The Decroly plan concluded that schooling is needed for children to meet their biosocial needs.

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1. Ovide Decroly, Wikipedia
  • Infobox: birth_date
    23 July 1871
  • In Group: Creators of Named Teaching Methods and Plans, Article text
    The Decroly plan laid ground rules for social adaptation of a biological organism, in the concrete case, children.
  • In Approach: Decroly Method, Article text: in-approach
    Nowadays the "Ecole Decroly" (based in Uccle, Brussels, a school reaching from kindergarten to baccalaureate) follows his pedagogical approach.
  • Theories and Approaches Developed: Decroly Method, Body
    Nowadays the "Ecole Decroly" (based in Uccle, Brussels, a school reaching from kindergarten to baccalaureate) follows his pedagogical approach.
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Policies Informed: Maria Grzegorzewska, Life abroad, influences
Quote, Policies Informed: Maria Grzegorzewska, Life abroad, influences
and Ovide Decroly, among others, who influenced her development
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