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 Level Worked At Level Worked At William Heard Kilpatrick
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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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John Dewey, Thinkers Kilpatrick was Dewey's colleague and follower at Teachers College and developed the project method from Dewey's progressive philosophy.
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Rogers studied under Kilpatrick at Teachers College, Columbia
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Wikimedia Foundation- Birth Year: 1871
- Death Year: 1965
- Birthplace: White Plains, Georgia
- Nationality / Culture: American
- Defining Contribution: Named 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.
- Notable Work: The Project Method (Teachers College Record, 1918); Foundations of Method (1925)
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where he later became a mathematics teacher at High School and at Mercer University
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was an American pedagogue
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Kilpatrick was born in White Plains, Georgia.
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William Heard Kilpatrick (November 20, 1871 - February 13, 1965) was an American pedagogue and a pupil, a colleague and a successor of John Dewey.
William Heard Kilpatrick page, works section
Kilpatrick published Foundations of Method - Informal Talks on Teaching in 1925
In Approach: Progressivism (education), Lead section
Kilpatrick was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.
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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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.
Project-based learning (Wikipedia)
Theories and Approaches Developed: Project-Based Learning, Article textQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Project-Based Learning, Article text
William Heard Kilpatrick built on the theory of Dewey, who was his teacher, and introduced the project method as a component of Dewey's problem method of teaching.
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