Benjamin Bloom was born on 21 February 1913 in Pennsylvania. He was a diminutive man at 5 ft 5 inches but the aura around him made people stand and take notice. His conversations were rich with knowledge and information. Benjamin and Sophie Bloom had two sons, David and Jonathan.
When Bloom worked with Ralf W. Tyler, his mentor at University of Chicago, he focused on the development of specifications through which educational objectives could be organized based on their cognitive complexity.
The American Psychological Association (APA) assigned a task force in the 1950s to generate taxonomy of objectives. Bloom, who headed the task force, and his colleagues developed a taxonomy for three learning styles: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor. They developed Bloom’s taxonomy, the cognitive classification system.
Benjamin Bloom served as University Examiner from 1943 to 1959. He developed tests to test whether the students had acquired the relevant knowledge to receive their bachelor’s degree. Bloom’s Taxonomy (50 years old) continues to be used in various situations to analyze objectives, frame questions, assessments, and test items.
Bloom is often known as the father of outcome-based education. His philosophy is reflected below:
”The highest form of intellect is when an individual no longer believes in right or wrong.”
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26th October, 2007 at 2:04 pm
You should have more info on him.this tells hardly nothing of his Taxonomy of Education Objectives…i need MORE info!
27th October, 2007 at 4:02 am
Hi Nikki,
This article was meant only to provide a background information on Benjamin Bloom. People have been writing articles on Blooms taxonomy for ages. We thought we’d write a bit on the person himself.
However, would like to share links to other articles on the taxonomy:
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom1.html
If you wish to discuss this further, feel free to do so. We can do that right here.
Cheers,
Archana
24th August, 2009 at 10:16 pm
“The highest form of intellect is when an individual no longer believes in right or wrong” is often attributed to Bloom as his philosophy. However, I can not find the source of this quote. Can you direct me to the book or article where Bloom actually said this?
Thank you,
Jane
19th March, 2010 at 7:40 pm
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3rd May, 2010 at 1:42 pm
great post as usual!