Dalton Plan Explained

The Dalton Plan is an educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst. It is inspired by the intellectual ferment at the turn of the 20th century. Educational thinkers such as Maria Montessori and John Dewey influenced Parkhurst while she created the Dalton Plan. Their aim was to achieve a balance between a child's talent and the needs of the community.

Characteristics

Parkhurst's specific objectives were as follows:[1]

  1. To tailor each student's program to his or her needs, interests and abilities.
  2. To promote each student's independence and dependability.
  3. To enhance the student's social skills.
  4. To increase their sense of responsibility toward others.

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She developed a three-part plan that continues to be the structural foundation of a Dalton education:

  1. The House, a social community of students.
  2. The Assignment, a monthly goal which students contract to complete.
  3. The Laboratory, a subject-based classroom intended to be the center of the educational experience. The laboratory involves students from fourth grade through the end of secondary education.

Students move between subject "laboratories" (classrooms) and explore themes at their own pace.

Introduction in UK

In 1920, an article describing the working of the Dalton Plan in detail was published in the Times' Educational Supplement. Parkhurst "has given to the secondary school the leisure and culture of the University student; she has uncongested the curriculum; she has abolished the teacher's nightly preparation of classes and the child's nightmare of homework. At the same time the children under her regime cover automatically all the ground prescribed for examinations 'of matriculation standard,' and examination failures among them are nil."[2]

The Dalton Plan is a method of education by which pupils work at their own pace, and receive individual help from the teacher when necessary. There is no formal class instruction. Students draw up time-tables and are responsible for finishing the work on their syllabuses or assignments. Students are also encouraged to help each other with their work. The underlying aim of the Dalton Plan is to achieve the highest mental, moral, physical and spiritual development of the pupil.

In the spring of 1921, English headmistress Rosa Bassett went to the Children's University School and stayed with Parkhurst. They spent hours talking about education. Parkhurst found Bassett in complete agreement with her ideas: "She was Dalton," Parkhurst wrote 50 years later. She described Bassett and Belle Rennie as the two people in England who were most enthusiastic and most helpful about the introduction of the Dalton Plan. Rosa Bassett was instrumental in the first application of the Dalton Plan of teaching within an English secondary school. She contributed a chapter to Parkhurst's book on the Plan,[3]

Schools

List of schools

Australia

Austria

Belgium

China

Czech Republic

Germany

India

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Japan

In Japan, Admiral Osami Nagano introduced a progressive educational method such as the Dalton plan to the Japanese Naval Academy School and influenced it.

Korea

Netherlands

Poland

Russia

United Kingdom

United States

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dewey, Evelyn . The Dalton Laboratory Plan . New York, NY . E.P. Dutton .
  2. May 27, 1920, article in the Times' Educational Supplement
  3. Book: Parkhurst, Helen . Helen Parkhurst

    . Helen Parkhurst . Education On The Dalton Plan . 2007-12-01 . 1922 . E. P. Dutton & Company . New York . 175–195.

  4. Web site: Daltoncampus Het Leerlabo. Het Leerlabo.
  5. Web site: 温州市道尔顿小学 学校简介An Introduction to Dalton Elementary School .
  6. Web site: Berufliche Schulen, Bachelor & Ausbildung - Angell Akademie Freiburg. www.angell-akademie.de.
  7. Web site: Gymnasium Alsdorf - Gymnasium der Stadt Alsdorf. May 3, 2022. www.daltongymnasium-alsdorf.de.
  8. Web site: Dalton Grundschule Unstruttal - Start. www.gs-unstruttal.de.
  9. Web site: Marie-Kahle-Gesamtschule der Stadt Bonn.
  10. Web site: Albrecht-Dürer-Gymnasium, Website.
  11. Web site: Dalton | Friedrich Schiller Schule Erfurt.
  12. Web site: Gymnasium Essen-Überruhr - Dalton-Pädagogik. www.gymnasium-essen-ueberruhr.de.
  13. Web site: Dalton-Konzept. IGH FAQs 2019. Internationale Gesamtschule Heidelberg. de.
  14. http://gymnasiumlage.de/ Gymnasium Lage, Website
  15. Web site: Home. www.debakelgeert.nl.
  16. Web site: Daltononderwijs, de 5 kernwaarden uitgelegd - Brederode Daltonschool. June 13, 2022.
  17. Web site: Homepage. Casimirschool.
  18. Badley, John Haden (1865–1967), headmaster. 2021-01-02. 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/47647. 978-0-19-861412-8. Roach. John.
  19. Web site: Cecile McLachlan; Artist, teacher and inspiration for St Trinian's. 2021-01-02. HeraldScotland. 23 October 2009 . en.
  20. Hilda . Kean . . 10.1093/ref:odnb/63836.

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