Socrates - "know thy self"
Plato - wrote the
"Republic"
Aristotle - Father of
Modern Sciences
Cicero - Wrote the
"Oratore"
Quintillian - Wrote
"Institution Oratoria" He was a famous grammaticus
Anselm - father of
scholasticism
Abelard - spearheaded
Conceptualism
St. Thomas Aquinas - wrote
"Summa Theologiae"
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
Ascham - wrote the
"Schoolmaster" condemning brutal punishment in English schools during
his time.
John Amos Comenius - father of
modern education, he wrote the first picture book "Orbis Sensualium
Pictus"
Francis Bacon - wrote the
" The New Atlantis"
Mulcaster - said that
" Education should be in accordance with nature"
John Locke - "tabula
rasa" (Blank sheet)
John Jacques Rosseau - wrote
"Emile" (Education should be in accordance with the nature of the
child)
Pestallozi - defined
education as natural, symmetrical and harmonious development of the faculties
of the child
Herbart - conceived
education as aimed towards the development of morality and virtue. He is the
famous for the Herbatian Method in psycology.
Froebel - Father of
kindergarten
John Dewey - "Education
is not a preparation for life, it is life"
St. John Baptiste de la Salle - patron saint of
teachers
Maria Montessori - advocated the
child - centered education and prepared environment.