A History of Educational Thought Contemporary art education, then, is a field that is fed by the history of art and of general education. The development of current practice in art education is also supported by the investigation of pscyologists into the learning process as a whole. Assertions for various reasons at various times providing a comprehensive understanding of ways persons learn. Germ of the concept called 'the search for excellence' in the Republic. Let children be children and learn through self-initiated activities.
Self competition is preferable to revalry with other children.
Learners must be active participants and must recognnize the experiences that they encounter. Teaching methods founded on the naturalism preached by Rousseau and practiced by Pestalozzi . Froebel's strong beliefs that children should be taught from the concrete to the abstract and that a school should be a miniature society are still considered sound . . . . Common educational practice by mid-19th century. The capacity to assimilate new ideas through ideas already acquired.