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WILLIAM H. KILPATRICK (1871-1965)

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ABSTRACT

Prepared by Mucahit Kocak

He is an American educator, Thinker, and philosopher of education

•He was born in 1871 in Georgia. •He graduate from a college at Mercer College•He continued to teach in Georgia. •Meanwhile he continued to work as a teacher. He enrolled at Teachers College. •He got his doctorate degree in 1912.•He became a full professor in 1918.•Kilpatrick was extremely active in both educational and civic organizations

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•The Montessori System Examined (1914)•A Source Book in the Philosophy of Education (1923)•Education for a Changing Civilization (1926)•Education and the Social Crisis (1932)•The Educational Frontier (1933)•Remaking the Curriculum (1936)•Frontiers of Democracy after 1939•Selfhood and Civilization (1941)•Philosophy of Education (1951)

•He is known as “Mr. project method” in whole world.

•Kilpatrick thought that the most important method to make ready children for their future life is through practice in living now. He believes that practice by doing project is the best way

•He shared same desires with John Dewey about the curriculum which is to extent the interests and purposes of the learner and to place problem-solving at the center of the educational process

• In his theory, he mentioned “purposeful activity” which means engaging students with different types of project

• “he construct a bridge between the child-centered and the society-centered factions of the progressive education movement like his mentor John Dewey.”(encyclopedia.com)

He is an American educator, Thinker, and philosopher of education. He was born in 1871. After finishing his early education he enrolled the Mercer University in Georgia when he was 17 as a sophomore. He was very successful and graduated second in his class. Then, he completed one year graduate study in math and physics at john Hopkins University. He was awarded M.A. degree in Hopkins University because of his study. Then, he turns back to Mercer and began to work as a math teacher in Blakely. At the same time he took some courses about education in Rock College. He turned back to John Hopkins University three years later and continued to his work. He also worked in a high school as a teacher and principle. Meanwhile, he married and he had three children. In 1909, he got a part time appointment at teachers college. In 1912 he earned his doctorate degree. Three years later he appointed associated professor and in 1918 he became a full professor in the university. After that he gave several lectures in different universities such as at the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, the University of Minnesota, the University of North Carolina, Northwestern University, the University of the South, and Stanford University. He also, visit some countries and lectured in Austria, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), China, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), Egypt, Holland, India, Japan, Korea, and Turkey. During years of 1920s and 1930s he became a one of the influential person in the education area. 1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/William_Heard_Kilpatrick.aspx

2. http://faculty.fordham.edu/kpking/classes/uege5102-pres-and-newmedia/William%20Heard%20Kilpatrick%20Presentation-l-beurkle.pdf

3. http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=16242