13-3 "Making" readings

Making Readings "Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom "

• Da Vinci used his powers of observation, rather than the prevailing medieval practice of using the Bible and classical Greek writings, as the basis for science. 
• He was the greatest maker of all time. 
• Jean- Jacques Rousseau published a book that celebrated the natural abilities of the child and the importance of allowing children to develop freely in nature. 
• Pestalozzi was inspired by Rousseau and believed that learning was natural and resulted from a balance between heart, head, and hand. 
• Pestalozzi thought that learning resulted from the learner's first hand experiences and activity. 
• Petalozzi had a huge influence on Froebel 
• You might think of Froebel's gifts as the first educational toys. Milton Bradley Company was one of the largest manufacturers of Froebels gifts as kindergartners spread acss the globe and parents wanted their children to learn from Froebel gifts at home. 
• Maria Montessori also embrace Froebel's ideas, the use of material specifically. 
• John Dewey rejected the mechanistic ideals and highly regimented factory schooling that resulted from the industrial revolution. 
• Dewey wrote extensively about the critical role community, democracy, and experience play in shaping the educational process. He believed that education should prepare kids to solve problems in a methodical fashion resulting from careful observation and previous experience . 
• during the 20th century A.C Gilbert made products like building materials, chemistry sets, microscopes, magic tricks and model trains. 
• Seymour papert's life work has ben creating tools, theories, and coercion free learning environments that inspire children to construct powerful ideas through firsthand experience.
• when piaget sought a greater understanding of how children construct mathematical knowledge, he hired a mathematician papers. 
• it was during his first day at MIT that paper began tinkering with computers and over the next few years he and minks collaborated on pioneering work in the filed of artificial intelligence. 
• in 1968 his interest in mathematics, learning and computing led to the invention of the logo programming language along with Cynthia solomon Wally feurzig and others.