1, Comenius: the founder of modern pedagogy, who put forward the principles of "universal education" and "education adapts to nature", advocated teaching everyone everything, and demonstrated the academic system and teaching methods of different disciplines in detail.
Put forward a unified academic system, advocate universal primary education, adopt a class teaching system, expand subject categories and contents, and emphasize the acquisition of knowledge from things themselves. His main works are Parenting School, Great Teaching Theory, Introduction to Language and Science, World Diagram, etc.
2. Herbart: German philosopher, psychologist and educator, one of the founders of science pedagogy and an advocate of Herbart school. Based on ethics and psychology, he made great contributions to the establishment of modern educational science. His educational theory works include General Pedagogy and Pedagogy Syllabus.
In the history of western education, he is known as "the founder of scientific pedagogy" and "the father of educational science" and "the father of modern pedagogy" in the history of world education. The representative work General Pedagogy, which reflects his educational thoughts, is recognized as the first educational work with a scientific system.
3. Dewey: a famous American philosopher, educator, psychologist, master of pragmatism, and one of the founders of functionalism psychology and modern pedagogy. His educational theory works include Democracy and Education and Tomorrow's School.
While teaching at the University of Chicago, he also founded the experimental school attached to the University of Chicago as the experimental base of his own educational theory, and his wife served as the principal of the school.
The Importance of Modern Teaching Theory
1. Promoting education reform: The development of modern teaching theory challenges traditional teaching methods and puts forward suggestions for improvement, which promotes the process of education reform. These theoretical achievements provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for educational reform, and promote the improvement of educational quality and the realization of educational modernization.
2. Improve the quality of education: the research and practice of modern teaching theory pays attention to the all-round development of students, emphasizes students' subjectivity and participation, and improves the quality and effect of education. These theoretical achievements provide educators with new teaching concepts and methods, which are helpful to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability and enhance their comprehensive quality and competitiveness.
3. Promoting educational science research: The development of modern teaching theory has promoted the development of educational science research and promoted the progress of educational science. These theoretical achievements provide new ideas and methods for educational scientific research, help to deeply explore educational laws and teaching methods and improve the level and quality of educational scientific research.