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William Heard Kilpatrick

Curriculum and Instructional Design Theorists

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.

Facts
Birth Year
1871 1
Death Year
1965 1
Birthplace
White Plains, Georgia 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
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. 1
Notable Work
The Project Method (Teachers College Record, 1918); Foundations of Method (1925) 1
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John Dewey, Thinkers
Source Wikipedia

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

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In Approach

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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

Carl Rogers, Thinkers

Rogers studied under Kilpatrick at Teachers College, Columbia

Theories and Approaches Developed

Source Project method (Wikipedia)
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  • William Heard Kilpatrick page, lead section
    was an American pedagogue
  • William 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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Teachers College, Columbia University (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Teachers College, Columbia University, Notable faculty section, Teachers College, Columbia University article
Quote, Associated With: Teachers College, Columbia University, Notable faculty section, Teachers College, Columbia University article
William Heard Kilpatrick, philosopher of education
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Project method (Wikipedia)
Theories and Approaches Developed: Project Method, Lead section
Quote, 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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William Heard Kilpatrick (Wikipedia)
In Approach: Progressivism (education), Lead section
Quote, 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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