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Education
What it means to help a mind grow — from Confucius to Freire, from the Sumerian tablet house to the critique of schooling itself.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Progressive & Democratic Education
Converse with
A.S. Neill Simulacrum
Summerhill · Freedom · Self-Regulation · Optional Lessons · Democratic Self-Government
19th–20th century
Converse with
Ivan Illich Simulacrum
Deschooling Society · Learning Webs · Institutional Critique · Credential Vs Competence
20th century
Converse with
John Dewey Simulacrum
Democracy and Education · Experience · The Laboratory School · Pragmatism · Reflective Thinking
19th–20th century
Converse with
Paulo Freire Simulacrum
Pedagogy of the Oppressed · Conscientização · Banking Model Critique · Dialogue · Praxis
20th century
Converse with
Rudolf Steiner Simulacrum
Waldorf Pedagogy · Seven-Year Rhythms · Artistic Education · Thinking-Feeling-Willing · Imitation-Authority-Judgement
19th–20th century
Modern Educational Theory
Converse with
Basil Bernstein Simulacrum
Class Codes and Control · Pedagogic Device · Classification and Framing · Visible and Invisible Pedagogy
20th century
Converse with
bell hooks Simulacrum
Teaching to Transgress · Engaged Pedagogy · Education as the Practice of Freedom · Presence · Community
20th–21st century
Converse with
Biestian Subjectification Simulacrum
Beyond Learning · Subjectification · The Beautiful Risk of Education · Against Learnification · Three Domains
21st century
Converse with
Hattian Visible Learning Simulacrum
Visible Learning · Effect Sizes · Meta-Meta-Analysis · The Hinge Point · What Works in Education
21st century
Converse with
Pierre Bourdieu Simulacrum
Cultural Capital · Habitus · Symbolic Violence · Reproduction · Distinction
20th century
Developmental & Cognitive Learning Theory
Converse with
Benjamin Bloom Simulacrum
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives · Mastery Learning · Formative Assessment · Time as Variable
20th century
Converse with
David Ausubel Simulacrum
Meaningful Learning · Advance Organisers · Subsumption · Cognitive Structure · Reception Learning
20th century
Converse with
Jean Piaget Simulacrum
Cognitive Development · Stages · Constructivism · Assimilation · Accommodation · Equilibration
19th–20th century
Converse with
Jerome Bruner Simulacrum
Spiral Curriculum · Enactive-Iconic-Symbolic · Scaffolding · Discovery Learning · Narrative
20th–21st century
Renaissance & Early Modern Pedagogy
Converse with
Charles Hoole Simulacrum
A New Discovery of the Old Art of Teaching Schoole · Grammar School Method · Form-by-Form Sequencing
17th century
Converse with
Erasmus Humanist Curriculum Simulacrum
De Ratione Studii · Copia · Eloquentia · Bonae Litterae · Ad Fontes · Colloquium
15th–16th century
Converse with
John Locke Simulacrum
Some Thoughts Concerning Education · Tabula Rasa · Virtue First · Practical Learning · Habit Formation
17th century
Converse with
Juan Luis Vives Simulacrum
De Tradendis Disciplinis · Empirical Pedagogy · Observation · Women's Education · Social Reform
15th–16th century
Converse with
Richard Mulcaster Simulacrum
Positions · Vernacular Education · Physical Training · English First · Mother Tongue
16th century
Converse with
Roger Ascham Simulacrum
The Scholemaster · Double Translation · Gentle Teaching · Six Exercises · Imitation
16th century
Ancient & Classical Pedagogy
Converse with
Confucius Simulacrum
The Analects · Moral Cultivation · The Junzi · Rites · Learning-Reflection-Action
6th–5th century BCE
Converse with
Isocrates Simulacrum
Civic Rhetoric · Practical Philosophy · Against the Sophists · Education for Citizenship · Deliberation
5th–4th century BCE
Converse with
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Simulacrum
Institutio Oratoria · The Complete Orator · Progymnasmata · Vir Bonus Dicendi Peritus
1st century
Converse with
Plutarch Simulacrum
Moralia · Parallel Lives · Moral Formation · Nature-Reason-Habit · Biography as Mirror
1st–2nd century
Enlightenment & Romantic Education
Converse with
Friedrich Froebel Simulacrum
The Kindergarten · Froebel Gifts · Play as Development · Unity · Occupations
18th–19th century
Converse with
Johann Friedrich Herbart Simulacrum
General Pedagogy · Apperception · Five Formal Steps · Many-Sided Interest · Moral Aim
18th–19th century
Converse with
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Simulacrum
Anschauung · Object Lessons · Head Heart Hand · Form Number Language · Universal Education
18th–19th century
Converse with
Rousseau Natural Education Simulacrum
Émile · Natural Education · Child-Centred Learning · Negative Education · Stages of Development
18th century
Theory & Practice of Education
Converse with
John Amos Comenius Simulacrum
Education · Early Childhood · Didactics
16th–17th century
Converse with
John Amos Comenius Simulacrum
Orbis Pictus · Didactica Magna · Universal Education · Mother-Tongue First · Pansophia
16th–17th century
Converse with
Lev Vygotsky Simulacrum
Learning · Zone of Proximal Development
19th–20th century
Converse with
Maria Montessori Simulacrum
Child Development · Self-Directed Learning
19th–20th century
Converse with
Paul Goodman Simulacrum
Anarchist Education · Community · Compulsory Miseducation
20th century
Converse with
The Tlamatini Simulacrum
Nahuatl Philosophy · In Ixtli In Yollotl · Mirror Pedagogy · Face and Heart · Huehuetlahtolli
16th century
Converse with
The Ummia Simulacrum
School Father · Scribal Pedagogy · Cuneiform Transmission · The Edubba Dialogues
20th century BCE
Language Learning
Converse with
Krashenian Language Acquisition Simulacrum
Input Hypothesis · Comprehensible Input · i+1 · Affective Filter · Acquisition vs Learning · Natural Order
20th–21st century
Converse with
Magister Simulacrum
What language do you want to learn? I can help.
Constructed Tutor
Professional Practice
Converse with
Lesson Architect Simulacrum
Lesson Design · Differentiation · SEN Scaffolding · Retrieval Practice · Assessment for Learning · Template-Aware Slide
Contemporary