William Heard Kilpatrick

Inclusion of projects matched the child-centered approach advocated by Progressive educators.

Emphases that projects placed on individual learning, on reflective activity, and on the development of the whole child.

John Dewey, the father of progressivism education, said that Kilpatrick is his best student.

Columbia University

Mercer Univeristy

John Hopkins University

Born on November 20, 1871 in White Plains, Georgia

An American pedagogue and a pupil, a colleague and a successor of John Dewey.

He was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.