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Teachers College, Columbia University

Also Known As TC
Higher Education Institutions

Founded in 1887 as a teacher-training school responding to the social and economic changes of American industrialisation, Teachers College affiliated with Columbia University in 1898 and became its Faculty of Education. It was the academic home of John Dewey, who taught philosophy at Columbia and education at Teachers College from 1904 until his retirement in 1930, and during its first decades it launched some of the earliest American programs in educational psychology, comparative and international education, and special education.

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Founded Year
1887 1
Country
United States 1
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Institution Type
University 1
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John Dewey, Thinkers

Dewey taught at Teachers College from 1904 to his 1930 retirement; the institution was not his founding but his long academic home.

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William Bagley, Thinkers

William Bagley, founder of Essentialism in education, was professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University from 1917 to 1940.

Source Wikipedia: William Chandler Bagley
William Heard Kilpatrick, Thinkers

William Heard Kilpatrick, developer of the Project Method, was a long-serving faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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  • Teachers College, Columbia University, History
    In 1887-1888, it employed six instructors and enrolled 36 juniors in its inaugural class as well as 86 special students.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachers_College,_Columbia_University, founding section
    Teachers College, Columbia University, was also associated with philosopher and public intellectual John Dewey, who served as president of the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association and was a professor at Teachers College from 1904 until his retirement in 1930.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachers_College,_Columbia_University, lead section
    Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City.
  • Teachers College, Columbia University, lead section
    Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University.
  • Description, institution-kind classification
    Founded in 1887 as a teacher-training school responding to the social and economic changes of American industrialisation, Teachers College affiliated with Columbia University in 1898 and became its Faculty of Education.
  • Associated With: John Dewey, Teachers College, Columbia University, Notable faculty
    John Dewey...was a professor at Teachers College from 1904 until his retirement in 1930.
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Teachers College, Columbia University (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: William Heard Kilpatrick, Notable faculty section, Teachers College, Columbia University article
Quote, Associated With: William Heard Kilpatrick, Notable faculty section, Teachers College, Columbia University article
William Heard Kilpatrick, philosopher of education
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Wikipedia: William Chandler Bagley
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: William Bagley, Biography section, William Chandler Bagley article
Quote, Associated With: William Bagley, Biography section, William Chandler Bagley article
He was professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia, from 1917 to 1940.
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