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Freidrich Froebel
German philosopher who believed that a childs true potential would unfold within a natural setting and helped integrate creativity and expression into the kindergarten environment. -
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Horace Mann
Was born into a poor family and later on attended Brown University and pursued in a political career. He used his political position to his advantage to change the American education system for the better, so that childhood education could be paid for through the taxes of the Americal People. -
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Booker T Washington
Went to Tuskegee University and became a prominant figure in fighting for the rights of African American children to receive education, as he believed it was an important step to gaining equal rights. -
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John Dewey
Philosopher and the head of Chicago University. He encouraged developing "free personalities" in children and teaching them how to process knowledge instead of just filling their head with it. -
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Jean Piaget
A Swiss psychologist who studied child growth and learning development. -
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Howard Garner
Coined the multiple intelligences theory. Broadened the concept of what it means to be intelligent and prompted educators and teachers to make new and different teaching styles to go with the different types of intelligences.