University of Windsor - Magister Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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R. L. Fritz B.A Vice-Princzpal 32

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ONTARHDDEPARTMENTWDPEDUCATHDN il TO THE GRADUATES OF l968 The events of Canada's mammoth birthday party our thoughts on the achievements of man to a greater degree than in modern time. At the risk of repeating some of your classroom should like to com ent on a bit of the History of Education that educational thought and practice in our day. Your study of Pestalozzi and Froebel must have to understand modern educators who place the child at the centre Both of these famous teachers believed that learning should be fu child should be motivated to discover for himself, and that sense most essential for successful living. The child-centred classroom of today is the pr philosophy. ln modern school architecture, the warehouse type of have focused anything else lectures, T is affecting helped you of things. ng that the training is oduct of this building is designed to bring more freedom into the physical environment of the learner. A third person whom you have studied, Johann Friedrich Herbert, has also added much to modern educational thought. He believed that the teacher was most important in building the mind and moulding the character of his pupils. He attempted to apply much of what we now accept as sound educational philosophy by insisting that lessons be well organized and presented, and that what we learn in any given day must be based on what we already know. The philosophy of John Dewey brought to Ontario in the l93O's a modern curriculum and new methods of instruction. He believed that the class- room should function as a democratic society. The children were encouraged to engage in meaningful enterprises from which they should learn the subject matter necessary for successful participation in society. Much remains, however, for you to do since all the answers have not yet been discovered. Accept the heritage that is yours, and may your contribution to progress bring satisfaction to you and enrich the lives of those whom you teach. 755564 R. L. Fritz, Vice-Principa 33