Edward Austin Sheldon was an American educator who lived from October 4, 1823 to August 26, 1897, and the founding president of the State University of New York at Oswego, which was then the Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School. He also served as superintendent of schools for the cities of Syracuse, New York and Oswego, New York. Sheldon introduced the principles and teachings of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi into American education through the Oswego Movement. A statue of Sheldon instructing a child was dedicated at the New York State Capitol in January 1900 during a ceremony attended by Governor Theodore Roosevelt and United States Commissioner of Education William Torey Harris.
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Edward Austin Sheldon (October 4, 1823 – August 26, 1897) was an American educator, and the founding president of the State University of New York at Oswego (then Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School).
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Born in Perry centre, New York , on 4 October 1823
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Edward Austin Sheldon (October 4, 1823, August 26, 1897) was an American educator, and the founding president of the State University of New York at Oswego (then Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School).
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Sheldon introduced the principles and teachings of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi into American education through the Oswego Movement.
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It was based on the methods of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and introduced by Edward Austin Sheldon at Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School (now State University of New York at Oswego).
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