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The Shaping of American Education:
And the Theorists Who Influenced It
John F. Herbart 1776-1841Founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline.
Horace Mann 1796-1859Targeted Public Schools and Their Problems
Herbert Spencer 1820-1903Best known for coining the phrase “survival of the fittest”.
Charles W. Eliot 1834-1926Transformed Harvard into the preeminent American research university
William T. Harris 1835-1909He founded and edited the first philosophical periodical.
G. Stanley Hall 1844-1924“Father of Adolescence”
John Dewey 1859-1952Progressive Education
Henry Barnard 1861-1900Editor of The American Journal of Education
Wilheim Wundt 1832-1920Widely regarded as the "father of experimental psychology”.
William James 1842-1910Gained widespread recognition with his monumental Principles of Psychology.
Jane Addams 1860-1935Activist, reformer and social worker.
Ralph Tyler 1902-1994Basic Principles of Curriculum
William H. Schubert Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Joseph Mayer Rice 1857-1934Sought to untangle the public school system from the
web of political corruption .
