Oswego Movement
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The Oswego Movement was a major movement in American education, based on the methods of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
and introduced by Edward Austin Sheldon
at Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School (now State University of New York at Oswego
). The movement introduced the use of "objects" such as models and blocks into elementary education under the name "object teaching". Sheldon and his colleagues helped spread object teaching across America by utilizing in-service and pre-service teacher education, a Practice School, and education of teacher educators. This enlightenment in education shifted the instructional focus to the child, stressing activity and concrete experiences, rather than dull rote memorization.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....
and introduced by Edward Austin Sheldon
Edward Austin Sheldon
Edward Austin Sheldon was an American educator, and the founding president of State University of New York at Oswego . He also served as superintendent of schools for the cities of Syracuse, New York and Oswego, New York...
at Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School (now State University of New York at Oswego
State University of New York at Oswego
State University of New York at Oswego, also known as SUNY Oswego and Oswego State, is a public university in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York, on the shore of Lake Ontario...
). The movement introduced the use of "objects" such as models and blocks into elementary education under the name "object teaching". Sheldon and his colleagues helped spread object teaching across America by utilizing in-service and pre-service teacher education, a Practice School, and education of teacher educators. This enlightenment in education shifted the instructional focus to the child, stressing activity and concrete experiences, rather than dull rote memorization.