Session 5: Presentations

What called my attention about…?

a)    San Agustín

What calls my attention about St. Augustine is the discovery of “the truth” applied through questions, demonstrating each person having the capability to find answers on the inside. This meaning that we already have the knowledge but do not know how to release it. Also, he uses a method that is inserted in our national curriculum today (MINEDUC) which is known as Constructivism.

b)    Froebel

What calls my attention about Froebel is that as a pedagogue he left the ideas for modern education based on the acknowledgment that children have unique needs and capabilities. Also that he created the concept of the “kindergarten” and the development of educational toys to demonstrate that children learn through play.

c)    Dewey

What calls my attention about Dewey is the dedication of the study in the field of education. How this man changed a structured pattern in the role of the teacher, and the philosophy of the teacher being a guide, and went deep as an educational reformer whose ideas have been significant in education today.

d)    Comenius

What calls my attention about Comenius is the Didactica Magna and the studies he did to make a contribution to education nowadays. Everything he studied was related in his works.

e)    Paulo Freire

What calls my attention about Paulo Freire is how he questioned important investigators, insisting on the fact that students are not empty vessels to be filled in by the teacher’s knowledge, inhibiting their creativity. Thus, he modifies their thoughts to the new era converting it to what is known today as critical pedagogy.

f)     Pestalozzi

What calls my attention about Pestalozzi is his child centered educational style through Romanticism where he highlighted that every aspect of the child's life is important to the formation of personality, character, and reason.

g)    Rousseau

What calls my attention about Rousseau is the development of character and moral sense, discovering through real actions the consequences of each individual’s actions.