Editing Philosophy of education (section)

====William Heard Kilpatrick====
[[William Heard Kilpatrick]] was a [[United States|US American]] philosopher of education and a colleague and a successor of [[John Dewey]]. He was a major figure in the [[progressive education]] movement of the early 20th century. Kilpatrick developed the [[Project Method]] for early childhood education, which was a form of [[Progressive Education]] organized curriculum and classroom activities around a subject's central theme. He believed that the role of a teacher should be that of a "guide" as opposed to an authoritarian figure. Kilpatrick believed that children should direct their own learning according to their interests and should be allowed to explore their environment, experiencing their learning through the natural senses.<ref name="Gutek1">{{cite book |last=Gutek |first=Gerald L. |title=New Perspectives on Philosophy and Education |year=2009 |publisher=Pearson Education, Inc. |isbn=978-0-205-59433-7 |pages=346}}</ref> Proponents of Progressive Education and the Project Method reject traditional schooling that focuses on memorization, rote learning, strictly organized classrooms (desks in rows; students always seated), and typical forms of assessment.