Francis Wayland Parker
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Most Influential Person Across History
US education pioneer
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Francis Wayland Parker's Degrees
- Bachelors Classics Brown University
- Masters Classics Brown University
Why Is Francis Wayland Parker Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual — mental, physical, and moral. John Dewey called him the "father of progressive education." He worked to create curriculum that centered on the whole child and a strong language background. He was against standardization, isolated drill and rote learning. He helped to show that education was not just about cramming information into students' minds, but about teaching students to think for themselves and become independent people.
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