Comparative chart

	Historical Context	Personal Life	Educational Contribution	Teacher’s Role	Student’s Role
Comenius	Born in the 16th Century in Moravia	Teacher, educator, writter	All education should conform to nature	Skilled in the art of instruction and enjoy his work	To collaborate, participate and to be receptive
San Isidoro	Born in 560 AD in Spain, Cartagena	Erudite and master of Middle ages	Yearn and learn, he proposed division of subjects.	Method called pragmatism	The principal agent.
San Agustin	Born in 354 in Rome	Grammatical exercises	He uses the Paideia to educate children
Pestalozzi	Born in Jan 12, 1746 in Sweeden	Teacher	He focused on children	More open and sensitive towards children development	To be the principal actor, to develop personality and skills
Froebel	Born in 1782 in Germany	Teacher	He created the pre-escolar for children	The teacher has to respect the student	The student is in area of understanding and freedom
Herbart	Born in 1776 in Germany	Philosopher, Psycologist and Teacher	Individual development gives social contribution	To motive students to learn with new methods	To fully develop skills
Dewey	Born in 1859 in USA.	Philosopher Psycologist and Teacher	Theory of Knoledge as experience	Guide and orientation to the students	No more authoritarism, now student can express themselves
Paulo Freire	Born in 1921 In Brazil	Teacher	Critical Pedagogy	He won’t treat his students as empty accounts to fill	To realize that they can achieve social change and to develop a critical thinking
Kant	Born in 1804 in Prusia	Philosopher
Vigotsky	Born in 1896 in Rusia	Lawyer, Teacher	Work with children	Helps the student to develop skills	The student can understand the world around him
Piaget	Born in 1896 in Sweden	Psycologist, philosopher and epistemologist	Cognitive studies	The teacher has to understand the needs and interests of the children	The children are capable to operate according to their stage.
Ausubel	Born in 1918 in USA	Psycologist	Advanced organizers theory	Instructor that helps the student organize new information	Must process and understand the information
	Place, century	Profession	Main Contribution	Function	Function