Search results
New Hampshire state superintendent of public instruction, superintendent of the Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago, professor, and author, Henry Clinton Morrison developed an approach to learning in which material is organized into units students must master in order to progress to the next level.
Henry Clinton Morrison (1871–1945) was the New Hampshire state superintendent of public instruction from 1904 to 1917, superintendent of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools from 1919 to 1928, professor of education, and an author.
After serving as a missionary for forty years in Africa, Henry C. Morrison became sick and had to return to America. As the great ocean liner docked in New York Harbor there was a great crowd gathered to welcome home another passenger on that boat.
Henry Morrison was born May 30, 1842 in Montgomery county, Tennessee. His parents died when he was very young and he was raised by his grandparents. The rugged religious atmosphere and the constant spirit of revival throughout the Blue Grass region made a profound impression upon him.
Morrison's general pattern for the instructional process (his plan or method) involves the following sequential steps: (1) pretest, (2) teaching, (3) testing the result of instruction, (4) changing the instruction procedure, and (5) teaching and testing again until the unit has been completely mastered by the student.
Henry Clay Morrison 1857 – 1942. H. C. Morrison was born in Barren County, Kentucky. His parents died when he was very young and he was raised by his grandparents. The rugged religious atmosphere and the constant spirit of revival throughout the Blue Grass region made a profound impression upon him.
Learn about the life and ministry of H.C. Morrison, a Methodist evangelist, publisher, and Asbury College president. Find his books, sermons, and references at Kinlaw Library and Asbury University Archives.
