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William Heard Kilpatrick
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William Heard Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick is most known for the "Project Method" which is his attempt to translate Dewey's ideas into practical guidelines for teachers.
"The Project Method"
Dewey and Kilpatrick and other theories spoke out against the distortions of progressivism in the schools and in the press. "The children do not know best" he reminded his detractors "However they do know themselves and it is best to listen to them rather then command them to learn."
The project method is an article from "Foundations of Method" which is a collection of articles that became the textbook in many teacher education programs. The project method is based off of John Dewey's Progressivism Theory. This theory is basically organized curriculum and classroom activities around a subject's central theme. He believed that the role of a teacher should be that of a "guide" as opposed to an authoritarian figure. Kilpatrick believed that children should direct their own learning according to their interests and should be allowed to explore their environment, experiencing their learning through the natural senses.
Works Cited
Distortion Of Progressivism
Newman, Joseph W. America's Teachers: An Introduction to Education. New York: Longman, 1990. Print.
After Kilpatrick Started making an influence many people were disagreeing with his ideas. His detractors distorted Progressivism into something that it is not for example, people started saying that letting students teach themselves was stupid and not how they wanted their kids to learn.
History of Mr. William Heard Kilpatrick
*Kilpatrick was born in White Plains, Georgia. He had an orthodox upbringing and was educated at Mercer University.
* Kilpatrick decided to make philosophy of education his specialty and occupied all courses by Dewey at the Universtiy of Chicago.
*From this developed a cooperation, which persisted up to Dewey's death in 1952. Kilpatrick and Dewey's ideas directly impacted the 1932 founding of Bennington College in Vermont: they were both on the original College Board of Trustees, with Kilpatrick soon becoming President of the Board, and two of the original 12 houses on campus are named after them.