Plato (427–347 BC)

  • Advocated for an ideal education system in The Republic.

  • Emphasized moral training, discipline, and leadership.

  • Believed education should serve the state.

Aristotle (384–322 BC)

  • Student of Plato.

  • Advocated for empirical observation and well-rounded education (physical, moral, and intellectual).

  • Education should help humans reach their full potential (eudaimonia).

John Amos Comenius (1592–1670)

  • Father of modern education.

  • Advocated universal education and use of visual aids.

  • Introduced the idea of staged learning (early childhood to higher education).

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

  • In Emile, proposed naturalistic education.

  • Children should learn according to developmental stages.

  • Emphasized freedom and self-expression.

John Dewey (1859–1952)

  • Father of progressive education.

  • Education should be learner-centered and based on experience.

  • Advocated for democracy in schools, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

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