A glimpse into the lives and accomplishments of 3 men who influenced American education: William C. Bagley = Essentialist Mortimer Adler = Traditionalism, Perrenialist Carl Rogers = Humanist

 Development of teacher education  Educative Process  Kappa Delta Pi  Journal of Educational Psychology  Determinism in Education  Professor of Education, Normal School Administration Teachers College, Columbia University  – Graduated from Michigan Agricultural University 1898 – Master’s Degree in Psychology 1900 – Ph.D. in Education and Psychology from Cornell University

 Critic and Supporter of John Dewey’s - Progressive Education Theory  Popularized the term “Essentialism”  The importance of the curriculum  The teachers role in education  Advocated a moderate, balanced approach to education Professor of education for nearly 50 years Authored and coauthored more than 30 books Published more than 400 journal articles and editorials

– Graduated from University of Wisconsin 1928 – Master’s Degree and 1931 – Ph.D. From Teachers’ College, Columbia University  Developed The Person-centered approach  Removing obstacles so client can move forward  Frees client for normal growth and development  Emphasizes being fully present with client  Empowering individuals to achieve their full potential  Pioneered the move away from traditional psychoanalysis

 Focus on the relationship between the teacher and the student  We cannot teach another person directly we can only facilitate his learning  The student knows better how to proceed than the teacher  He wrote 16 books and more than 200 professional articles  Some critics say that trusting the individual for self help will not work Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with national intergroup conflict in South Africa and Northern Ireland

 Adler became advocate for economic democracy  Philosophy based on education of local man, not corporate officials  No desire to impress academia – cared that general audience understood his message  Perennialist philosophy  Focus on curriculum of ultimate importance  Focus on Great Works – 3 criteria  Contemporary Significance – relevance to problems/issues of our times  Inexhaustible – can be read again and again with benefit  Relevant to large number of ideas and issues Dropped out of school at age 14, but later attended night school Attended Columbia University but did not graduate (shy one credit for PE) Eventually received Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University

 Paideia Program designed to make students & teachers think  Lecture  Coaching Session  Seminar-Discussion  Paideia Principles designed to prepare children for life  All children can learn  All deserve the same quality of schooling  Influence on life-long learning “No one can be fully educated in school, no matter how long the schooling or how good it is.” Mortimer Adler

Similarities?? Contributions???  What do these fellows have in common? › They all lived to be old farts… › Does this mean that continued life-long learning makes us live longer? › They all wrote a lot of books… › Blah, Blah, Blah,  How did they impact us? › Their philosophies included…. › Why is that important to me? › What did I learn from studying these people? › Will I apply anything I learned to my future career? › Yada, yada, yada › Yabadabadoo…