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  2. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( / ˈæɡəsi / AG-ə-see; French: [aɡasi]) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history . Spending his early life in Switzerland, he received a PhD at Erlangen and a medical degree in Munich.

  3. He became famous for his innovative teaching methods, which encouraged learning through direct observation of nature, and his term as a zoology professor at Harvard University revolutionized the study of natural history in the U.S.; every notable American teacher of natural history in the late 19th century was a pupil either of Agassiz or of ...

  4. Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher who made revolutionary contributions to the study of natural science with landmark work on glacier activity and extinct fishes. He achieved lasting fame through his innovative teaching methods, which altered the character of.

  5. 'Louis Agassiz, Teacher.' We have more than one reason to be inter­ ested in the form of instruction employed by so eminent a scientist as Agassiz. In the first place, it is much to be desired that those who concern themselves with pedagogy should give relatively less heed to the way in which sub­ jects, stractly considered, ought to be taught,

    • Lane Cooper
    • Louis Agassiz as a Teacher
    • 1/29/2019 3:26:37 PM
  6. Professor’s Scudder’s Recollections: It was more than fifteen years ago [from 1874] that I entered the laboratory of Professor Agassiz, and told him I had enrolled my name in the Scientific School as a student of natural history. He asked me a few questions about my object in coming, my antecedents generally, the mode in which I afterwards ...

  7. Cooper, Lane. "VII. HOW AGASSIZ TAUGHT PROFESSOR SCUDDER" In Louis Agassiz as a Teacher: Illustrative Extracts on His Method of Instruction, 40-48.Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019.

  8. Louis Agassiz as a Teacher: Illustrative Extracts on His Method of Instruction on JSTOR. Front Matter. Download. XML. PREFACE. Download. XML. Table of Contents. Download. XML. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. Download. XML. AGASSIZ AT NEUCHÂTEL. Download. XML. AGASSIZ AT HARVARD. Download. XML. HOW AGASSIZ TAUGHT PROFESSOR SHALER. Download. XML.

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