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Here are few of the pioneers in this field.
Here are few of the pioneers in this field.


* [[Jane Addams]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams Jane Addams]
* [[John Dewey]], in opposition to [[Horace Mann]]'s previous importing of the Prussian education system to the US.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey John Dewey], in opposition to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Horace Mann]'s previous importing of the Prussian education system to the US.
* [[William James]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James William James]
* [[Charles Sanders Peirce]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce]
* [[Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_August_Froebel Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel]
* [[Maria Montessori]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori Maria Montessori]
* [[Georges Cuisenaire]]
* Georges [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire Cuisenaire]
* [[Jean Piaget]]
* [[Jean Piaget]]
* [[Lev Vygotsky]]
* [[Lev Vygotsky]]
* [[Caleb Gattegno]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Gattegno Caleb Gattegno]
* [[Omar Khayyam Moore]] (sic)
* [[Edison Talking Typewriter|Omar Khayyam Moore]] (sic)
* [[Ken Iverson]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Iverson Ken Iverson]
* [[Jerome Bruner]]
* [[Jerome Bruner]]
* [[Seymour Papert]]
* [[Seymour Papert]]
* [[Alan Kay]]
* [[Alan Kay]]
* [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/p/Peelle:Howard_A=.html Howard Peelle]
* [[Howard Peelle]]
* [[John Holt]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holt John Holt]


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Latest revision as of 00:37, 18 April 2008

The educational philosophy of Constructionism, which is the official theory behind the design of the XO laptop's Sugar user interface and Activities, overlaps strongly with what is more generally known as student-centered education or child-centered education. Constructionism has emphasized the use of computers in education, but in every other way these strands of thinking follow the same principles.

  • Education must be based on observation and understanding of children, not on the way things "have always been done".
  • Education must be mass customized so that all children can learn, but in their own ways, using their own skills and strengths.
  • We must tell children the truth, and not be afraid that that will destroy society. Fiat iustitia, ruat coelum, as the Romans used to say. (Let right be done, though the Heavens fall.)

Here are few of the pioneers in this field.

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