Edward Austin Sheldon

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Edward Austin Sheldon was a 19th-century American educator and reformer best known for pioneering object teaching methods and establishing what became SUNY Oswego as a model teacher-training institution.

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instanceOf educator
person
affiliation State University of New York at Oswego NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Hamilton College NERFINISHED
employer Oswego Normal and Training School NERFINISHED
familyName Sheldon NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork education
pedagogy
teacher education
founded Oswego Normal and Training School NERFINISHED
Oswego Primary Teachers' Training School NERFINISHED
genre educational writing
givenName Edward
hasInfluenced State University of New York at Oswego NERFINISHED
influencedBy Pestalozzian educational ideas
object lesson pedagogy
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest object-based instruction
primary education
teacher training
middleName Austin NERFINISHED
movement educational reform in the 19th-century United States
object teaching movement
notableFor founding a model teacher-training institution at Oswego
influencing the development of normal schools in the United States
pioneering object teaching methods
notableWork development of the Oswego Method of object teaching
occupation education reformer
educator
teacher
placeOfBirth Perry, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Oswego, New York NERFINISHED
positionHeld principal of Oswego Normal and Training School
publication A Manual of Elementary Instruction NERFINISHED
Autobiography of Edward Austin Sheldon NERFINISHED
Object Lessons for Primary Schools NERFINISHED
residence Oswego, New York NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
subjectOf history of SUNY Oswego
studies in the history of American teacher education
workLocation Oswego, New York NERFINISHED

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SUNY Oswego foundedBy Edward Austin Sheldon