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Fredrich Froebel
Fredrich Froebel's strong beliefs led him to create the kindergarten system. His beliefs in god and in the potential of humans led him to believe that children should experience the world in a particular way. He believed that children should have a time and place in which they learn to interact with physical things and explore different activities to aid their creativity. He wanted children to learn about the world through activities. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann created a law that demanded for every child to go to school. People who heard of this law were inspired by his reasoning. He reasoned that it is crucial for every child to receive and education because societies need to keep producing intelligent and professional leaders. He also established the system in which taxpayers have to pay to maintain education systems. Finally, he demanded for only women to be assigned to teaching jobs -
Margaret Bancroft
Margaret Bancroft urged for teachers to learn how to accommodate for disabled children. She argued that disabled children needed to be accommodated for in a way that takes care of their, almost, every need. She created a program to help them in health issues, physical needs, and mental needs. She also helped organize a club in which women were aided in social and educational needs -
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was an influential person because he served as a role model for other African Americans. He urged them to hold off on their fight against racism to pursue an education to improve their future. He urged that if they pursued an education while they accepted their unfair labor, they could gain peace and acceptance with other races while they worked towards a better future -
John Dewey
John Dewey started a significant change in the manner in which teachers ran their classrooms in the past. Dewey believed that teachers should change their authoritarian ways to allow students to have enjoy learning on a more personal and meaningful level of learning experience. He discouraged repetition and encouraged real world applications to the subject of study. He believed that classrooms should mimic the real world by creating a mock society in the classrooms. -
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was influential because she pointed out her belief that students can teach themselves because of their ability to learn about their surroundings. She observed how children learn and made accommodations in their utensils to help them naturally learn. One of her most famous institutions was a building called the Glass House. She later traveled around the world and trained teachers in her belief of aiding self-taught students. -
Thomas Jefferson
He believed that everyone should have basic knowledge that allows them to read, write, and calculate basic math. Through education, they can fully embrace basic human rights that he mentions in the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson arranged for schools to be accessible to every child equally. Finally, Jefferson preferred for parents and local community members to have more say over things that pertain to their schools, versus the say of the government.
