Christopher Dock (c.1698-1771 in Skippack, USA) was a Mennonite educator. He is thought to have immigrated to the United States by 1714, becoming a teacher at Skippack by 1718. He wrote, in German, the earliest known teaching methods text in the U.S.: "Schul-Ordnung" ("School Management") - a book on general pedagogy. The book was completed on August 3, 1750, but was not published until 1770. The Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, in Lansdale, … Wikipedia
Dock insists, however, that the work not be published in his lifetime, and it would not be printed until 1770, shortly before his death. www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2224&dekey=Chr...
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