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š NOTABLE NAMES IN EDUCATION ā¼ļø
1. Socrates -āknow thy selfā
2. Plato - wrote the āRepublicā
3. Aristotle - Father of Modern Sciences
4. Ciero - Wrote the āOratoreā
5. Quintillian - Wroteā Institution Oratoriaā he was a famous Grammaticus
6. Anselm - father of scholasticism
7. Abelard - spearheaded Conceptualism
8. St. Thomas Aquinas - āwroteā Summa Theolgiaeā
9. Erasmus - suggested that education be in accordance with the needs of society, he was a humanist who advocated the importance of studying the character of the child
10. Ascham - wrote the āSchoolmasterā condemning brutal punishment in English schools during his time.
11. John Amos Comenius - father of modern education, he wrote the first picture bookāOrbis Senualium Pictusā
12. Mulcaster - said thatā Education should be in accordance with natureā
13. John Locke-ātabula rasaā ( blank sheet)
14. John Jacques Rosseau - wroteāEmileā (Education should be in accordance with the nature of the child)
15. Pestallozzi - defined education as natural ,symmetrical and harmonious development of the faculties of the child
16. Herbart - conceived education as aimed towards the development of morality and virtue. He is famous for the
Herbatian Method in psychology
17. Froebel - father of kindergarden
John Dewey - āEducation is not preparation for life
18. St.John Baptiste de la Salle - patron saint of teachers
19. Maria Montessori - advocated the child- centered education and prepared environment
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