John Franklin Bobbitt

John “Franklin” Bobbitt was born in English, Indiana on February 16, 1876 to parents, James and Martha Bobbitt. English, Indiana is a very small, rural town with a population of 1,000. Bobbitt went on to college at Indiana University in 1901 and worked at several rural schools throughout Indiana. Bobbitt married his first wife, Sarah Annis on June 2, 1903. Bobbitt earned his PhD from Clark University in 1909 and went on to work at the University of Chicago. Bobbitt’s wife accused him of “extreme cruelty” with allegations of beatings, verbal abuse, and molestation. Later on, Bobbitt married Mabel Deiwert and was married to her until he passed away in 1956. 

John Franklin Bobbitt was a major player in the social efficiency educators while society adapted to industrialization. After being accepted to the University of Chicago, Bobbitt advanced through the ranks and began to publish various works on curriculum, such as: 1) "The Elimination of Waste in Education" (the first major curriculum article), 2) The Curriculum (the first book completely dedicated to curriculum), and 3) his most influential book How to Make a Curriculum. Through Bobbitt's work, he sought to advance the idea of efficient education, specifically by eliminating subjects that students would never need and differentiating curriculum for the future role of the student. With Bobbitt's help, social efficiency educators pushed for the transformation of school to favor subjects more related to citizenship and determined by the ability level of the student.

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