Notable Names in Education
• Socrates - "know thy self"
• Plato - wrote the "Republic"
• Aristotle - Father of Moderm 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 New Atlantis"
• Mulcaster - said that "Education should be in accordance with nature.
• John Locke - " tabula rasa" ( blank sheet)
• Jean Jacques Rosseau - wrote " Emile" ( Education should be in accordance with the nature of the child)
• Peztallozi - 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 famous for the Herbatian Method in psychology.
• 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
