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control of their own learning (how, where and when to do work) [39]. The Dalton Plan “creates conditions which enable the teacher to teach and the learner to learn” [25, p.34]. Parkhurst based the Dalton Plan on three principles: freedom, responsibility and cooperation. In the Dalton Plan, freedom is the opportunity for students to continue
This is of a different order than Dewey’s cooperation. The basis of Dalton education is individual work. In Dalton education the lion’s share of the schoolwork is carried out in the form of individual assignments.30 Dalton assignments are not common activities; they are not designed and organized with an eye to working together. On the ...
- Piet van der Ploeg
progressive education. Dalton Plan, secondary-education technique based on individual learning. Developed by Helen Parkhurst in 1919, it was at first introduced at a school for the handicapped and then in 1920 in the high school of Dalton, Mass. The plan had grown out of the reaction of some progressive educators to the inadequacies inherent in ...
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The Dalton Plan was subsequently implemented in Dalton, Massachusetts, and New York City (Shrock, 1995). It triggered restructuring a (secondary) school day into subject labs. Students started making monthly contracts and determining their daily assignments and schedules (Edwards, 1991; Popp, 2002). The Dalton Plan became a model concept for ...
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Dewey and Parkhurst (ch 6 Dalton Plan: Origins and Theory of Dalton Education) Piet van der Ploeg. The philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952) is considered to be the philosopher of educational reform. This title does justice to Dewey’s authority and influence in the camp of the progressive educators, but easily leads to misunderstandings.
- Piet van der Ploeg
Developing a vision on Dalton education . René Berends, Hilde-Marie van Slochteren, Vera Otten -Binnerts, 2022 . 1. Introduction. The Dalton Plan is an educational concept with attention that pays attention to didactics to didactics and organization, accompanied by a pedagogical dimension. It is about 'doing Dalton' and about 'being Dalton'.
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Dalton has actively embraced an innovative and progressive tradition for approximately 100 years. Read an introduction from Head of School José M. De Jesús; learn about Dalton's history and founder Helen Parkhurst's Education on the Dalton Plan; view Dalton's mission and values, including the School's intentional commitment to establishing equity and diversity, and review Dalton's most ...
