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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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was an American pedagogue
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Kilpatrick was born in White Plains, Georgia.
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Kilpatrick, William Heard (1918). The Project Method. Teachers College Record.
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Kilpatrick published Foundations of Method - Informal Talks on Teaching in 1925
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Dewey was Kilpatrick's most important professor and mentor while Kilpatrick was a student at Teachers College.
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