Who are the representatives of the traditional and modern schools of education?

The representatives of the two opposing schools of thought in the history of education, the traditional school of education and the modern school of education, are Herbart and Dewey respectively.

The traditional school of education refers to the school of education represented by the theories of Herbart, a famous German educator and psychologist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It emphasizes three centers: teacher-centered, textbook-centered and classroom-centered. The modern school of education refers to the school of education represented by the educational theories of Dewey, a famous American pragmatist educator and thinker. Emphasizing child-centeredness, it believes that education is growth, education is life, and education is the transformation of experience.

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The greatest influence of traditional education on later generations was the division of the teaching and learning process into four successive stages: clarity, association, system, and method. Ryan, the heir to the school, divided the original first stage into two more stages and developed them into five stages: preparation, prompting, association, generalization, and application. This teaching model helps teachers to impart systematic knowledge and improve the effectiveness of classroom teaching.

In the second half of the 19th century, it was widely circulated and had a great influence on Europe and the United States. The school emphasized classroom teaching, teacher-led roles, and imparting systematic scientific knowledge. The traditional school of education also has conservative and outdated aspects.