Historical Comparison Chart of Formal Education

        This chart shows the important people who contributed to the foundation of the different philosophies of education from different time periods.

	Person 1	Perso2	Person
Name	St. Thomas Aquinas	Benjamin Franklin	Socrates
Time/ place	1224- March 7, 1274 Roccasecca, Italy	Jan. 17,1706- Aug. 17,1790 Boston, Massachusetts	circa 470 BC,  in Athens, Greece
Characteristics of the period	Middle Ages	Renaissance Period	Idealism
Cultural beliefs about education	He believed that revelation could guide reason and prevent it from making mistakes, while reason could clarify and demystify faith.	He believed that the problem of human life can all be solved by science. Knowledge are came from experimentation, and observation.	He believed that we learned through questioning. People will naturally do what is good, if they know what is right.
Who received an education?	Children	Formal education reserved for the males in secondary and colleges while the females are not educated outside the home.	Children
What were the prevailing attitudes towards children?	Children will be more knowledgeable in discovering. The teacher is called a secondary and instrumental- helpful but not indispensible.	Franklin believes that self-education is important. It has a significance in the learning of the students.	He believed that, the truly wise man will know what is right, do what is good, and therefore be happy. Evil or bad actions are the result of ignorance.
What was the person’s contribution to the field of education?	The best method of teaching is Discovery.	For him, the students should not depend on the language they are using. The students should learn more another language for him/her to use it in the future for his/her career selected. It very useful for the students to communicate with the other country easily.	The best method is the Socratic method(questioning).
How was the person a reflection of his or her times?	He was a preacher, educator, writer and a public speaker.	He was a writer and a journalist in his time.	He was an educator, and a father of Philosophy.
How did the person change the education for future generations?	He is remembered until now because his discovery method is very effective in teaching process. Developed the confidence of the students to learn from their own discovery. It is being used until this generation.	He believed that every student should be taught an English language to provide knowledge that the students will be prepared to make any contributions to the society. Students would be aware of the relationship between learning and the environment around their learning process.  Education needs a school that is equipped with all the materials needed of the students to learn and more productive.	He believed that self-knowledge is necessary for success and inherently an essential good. Self-aware person will act completely within their capabilities to their pinnacle, while an ignorance person will flounder and encounter difficulty.